Christoph Schleich1, Sven Nebelung1, Philipp Sewerin2, Daniel B Abrar3, Ralph Brinks2, Christine Goertz2, Matthias Schneider2. 1. Medical Faculty, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Dusseldorf, 40225, Dusseldorf, Germany. 2. Policlinic and Hiller Research Unit of Rheumatology, UKD, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Dusseldorf, Germany. 3. Medical Faculty, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Dusseldorf, 40225, Dusseldorf, Germany. danielbenjamin.abrar@med.uni-duesseldorf.de.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Because of overlapping phenotypical presentations, the diagnostic differentiation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) remains challenging. Thus, this study aimed to examine the diagnostic value of distinct imaging features obtained by high-resolution 3-T MRI for the diagnostic differentiation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Seventeen patients with PsA and 28 patients with RA were imaged at high resolution using 3-T MRI scanners and a dedicated 16-channel hand coil. All images were analyzed according to the outcome measures in rheumatology clinical trials' (OMERACT) RAMRIS (Rheumatoid Arthritis Magnetic Resonance Imaging Score) and PsAMRIS (Psoriatic Arthritis Magnetic Resonance Imaging Score) for the presence and intensity of synovitis, flexor tenosynovitis, bone edema, bone erosion, periarticular inflammation, bone proliferation, and joint space narrowing. Next, odds ratios (OR) were calculated to determine the strength of the associations between these imaging features, demographic characteristics, and the outcome RA vs. PsA. RESULTS: PsA could be differentiated from RA by extracapsular inflammatory changes (PsAMRIS sub-score "periarticular inflammation"), with low odds for the presence of RA (OR of 0.06, p < 0.01) at all metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints. A prediction model informed by the items that were strongest associated with the presence of RA or PsA demonstrated excellent differentiating capability with an area under the curve of 98.1%. CONCLUSION: High-resolution imaging is beneficial for the identification of relevant imaging features that may assist the clinical differentiation of inflammatory conditions of the hand. At the MCP level, extracapsular inflammatory changes were strongly associated with PsA and may consequently allow the imaging differentiation of PsA and RA.
BACKGROUND: Because of overlapping phenotypical presentations, the diagnostic differentiation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) remains challenging. Thus, this study aimed to examine the diagnostic value of distinct imaging features obtained by high-resolution 3-T MRI for the diagnostic differentiation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Seventeen patients with PsA and 28 patients with RA were imaged at high resolution using 3-T MRI scanners and a dedicated 16-channel hand coil. All images were analyzed according to the outcome measures in rheumatology clinical trials' (OMERACT) RAMRIS (Rheumatoid Arthritis Magnetic Resonance Imaging Score) and PsAMRIS (Psoriatic Arthritis Magnetic Resonance Imaging Score) for the presence and intensity of synovitis, flexor tenosynovitis, bone edema, bone erosion, periarticular inflammation, bone proliferation, and joint space narrowing. Next, odds ratios (OR) were calculated to determine the strength of the associations between these imaging features, demographic characteristics, and the outcome RA vs. PsA. RESULTS: PsA could be differentiated from RA by extracapsular inflammatory changes (PsAMRIS sub-score "periarticular inflammation"), with low odds for the presence of RA (OR of 0.06, p < 0.01) at all metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints. A prediction model informed by the items that were strongest associated with the presence of RA or PsA demonstrated excellent differentiating capability with an area under the curve of 98.1%. CONCLUSION: High-resolution imaging is beneficial for the identification of relevant imaging features that may assist the clinical differentiation of inflammatory conditions of the hand. At the MCP level, extracapsular inflammatory changes were strongly associated with PsA and may consequently allow the imaging differentiation of PsA and RA.
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