Validation of ultrasound imaging for Achilles entheseal fibrocartilage in bovines and description of changes in humans with spondyloarthritis

Aydin S. Z., Bas E., Basci O., Filippucci E., Wakefield R. J., ÇELİKEL Ç., ...More

ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES, vol.69, no.12, pp.2165-2168, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 69 Issue: 12
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Doi Number: 10.1136/ard.2009.127175
  • Journal Name: ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.2165-2168
  • Marmara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background Entheseal fibrocartilage (EF) derangement is hypothesised to be pivotal to the pathogenesis of spondyloarthritis. Ultrasound is useful for visualisation of the enthesis but its role in EF visualisation is uncertain. This work aimed to demonstrate face and content validity of ultrasound for EF visualisation both by bovine histological evaluation and EF imaging in spondyloarthritis.