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Rheumatology Advance Access published online on September 30, 2009
Rheumatology, doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep307
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© The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Rheumatology. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

The clinical importance of ultrasound detectable forefoot bursae in rheumatoid arthritis

Catherine J. Bowen1, David Culliford2, Keith Dewbury3, Madeleine Sampson3, Jane Burridge1, Lindsey Hooper1, Christopher J. Edwards4,5 and Nigel K. Arden4,6,7

1School of Health Sciences, 2Research Development and Support Unit, University of Southampton, 3Ultrasound Department, Department of Radiology, 4Department of Rheumatology, 5Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, Southampton University Hospitals Trust, 6MRC Epidemiology Resource Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton and 7Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Correspondence to: Catherine J. Bowen, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton, Hampshire SO17 1BJ, UK. E-mail: cjb5@soton.ac.uk

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SIR, RA commonly affects the feet-reducing mobility. This is generally thought to be due to synovitis or joint damage in the MTP joints [1]. However, the role of soft tissues, such as bursae, has been less well explored.

Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) is a valuable clinical tool that is comparable with and more readily accessible than MRI in assessing soft tissues in RA [2]. Using MSUS, a higher prevalence of bursae within the forefoot has been reported than in control participants [. . . [Full Text of this Article]


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