Features of the ultrasonic picture of the radius and small joints of the hand in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and erosive variant of osteoarthritis

Abstract

An ultrasound examination (USG) with Doppler mapping was performed in 25 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 25 patients with erosive osteoarthritis (EOA) to clarify the ultrasound picture of handjoint damage. We have revealed the characteristic features allowing to perform differential diagnosis between RA and EOA of the hands joints.