Rheumatology Advance Access originally published online on January 5, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44(3):413-416; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh472
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Rheumatology Vol. 44 No. 3 © British Society for Rheumatology 2005; all rights reserved
LETTER TO THE EDITOR |
About the difficulty in interpreting ultrasonographic images of temporomandibular joint
Rheumatology Unit of the Moriggia-Pelascini Hospital, Gravedona, and 1 Chair of Rheumatology, University of Milan, Italy
Correspondence to: C. Mastaglio, U.O.S. di Reumatologia Ospedale Moriggia-Pelascini, v. Pelascini 1, 22015 Gravedona (Como), Italy. E-mail: claudio.mastaglio@libero.it
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SIR, We have read with interest the paper A comparison of ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of temporomandibular joint involvement in rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis by Melchiorre et al. [1].
We would like to dwell upon the method of ultrasonographic (US) examination, unfortunately not described in the paper, for a few observations that, in our opinion, could help to better understand the images obtained with this technique.
The echographic study of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ)