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Power Doppler sonography of synovitis: assessment of therapeutic response--preliminary observations
J S Newman1, T J Laing, C J McCarthy
1Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor 48109-0326, USA.
Radiology
|February 1, 1996
Abstract:
Power Doppler sonography was used in eight symptomatic knees in seven patients with arthritis before and after joint aspiration and intraarticular administration of steroids. A qualitative decrease in synovial perfusion was observed in all eight knees, and symptoms improved in seven of the eight cases. These preliminary data suggest a role for power Doppler sonography in assessment of serial changes in synovial inflammation.