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    Synovitis and bone inflammation in early rheumatoid arthritis: high-resolution multi-pinhole SPECT versus MRI
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    Musculoskeletal Imaging - Original Article
    VOLUME: 19 ISSUE: 1
    P: 20-24
    January 2013

    Synovitis and bone inflammation in early rheumatoid arthritis: high-resolution multi-pinhole SPECT versus MRI

    Diagn Interv Radiol 2013;19(1):20-24
    DOI: 10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.5922-12.1
    Christian Buchbender, 1
    Benedikt Ostendorf, 2
    Katalin Mattes-György 3
    Falk Miese, 1
    Hans-Joerg Wittsack, 1
    Michael Quentin, 1
    Christof Specker, 4
    Matthias Schneider, 2
    Gerald Antoch, 5
    Hans-Wilhelm Müller, 3
    Axel Scherer 1
    1. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Univ Dusseldorf, Medical Faculty, Dusseldorf, Germany
    2. Department of Rheumatology, Univ Dusseldorf, Medical Faculty, Dusseldorf, Germany
    3. Department Nuclear Medicine, Univ Dusseldorf, Medical Faculty, Dusseldorf, Germany
    4. Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Kliniken Essen-Sued, Essen, Germany
    5. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Dusseldorf, School of Medicine, Düsseldorf, Germany
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    Received Date: 25.04.2012
    Accepted Date: 23.05.2012
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    ABSTRACT

    PURPOSE

    We aimed to assess the relationship between bone inflammation in multi-pinhole single-photon emission computed tomography (MPH-SPECT) and synovitis detected by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in early rheumatoid arthritis patients.

    MATERIALS AND METHODS

    MPH-SPECT with technetium dicarboxypropanedisphosphonate (Tc-99mDPD) and 3 Tesla MRI were performed in 10 early rheumatoid arthritis patients. Eighty finger joint sites were assessed for increased osteoblastic activity using visual and region-of-interest (ROI) analysis. Presence of joint inflammation in MRI was investigated using the subscores of the rheumatoid arthritis MRI score.

    RESULTS

    Tc-99mDPD uptake was increased in 38 (47.5%) and 22 (27.5%) joint sites as determined by visual and ROI analysis, respectively. A total of 32 (84.2%) sites with increased bone metabolism showed a normal MRI bone signal. The MPHSPECT uptake ratio was elevated only in the subgroup with severe synovitis (P < 0.001).

    CONCLUSION

    In early rheumatoid arthritis, molecular imaging with MPHSPECT detects higher rates of inflammatory bone involvement compared to MRI. Our preliminary data suggest that osteitis is related to severe synovitis.

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