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Sonography of active rheumatoid arthritis during pregnancy: a case report and literature review
Disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis usually subsides in pregnancy, however a subset of patients have worsened symptoms with joint pain and swelling. Monitoring and mitigating disease activity in pregnancy is important for preventing deforming structural changes which can affect the ability of t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6148827/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30258513 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2018.08.027 |
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author | Baffour, Francis I. McKenzie, Gavin A. Bekele, Delamo I. Glazebrook, Katrina N. |
author_facet | Baffour, Francis I. McKenzie, Gavin A. Bekele, Delamo I. Glazebrook, Katrina N. |
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description | Disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis usually subsides in pregnancy, however a subset of patients have worsened symptoms with joint pain and swelling. Monitoring and mitigating disease activity in pregnancy is important for preventing deforming structural changes which can affect the ability of the patient to care for themselves and the newborn. Ultrasound is a safe and low-cost imaging modality for detecting active changes from an inflammatory arthritis, which can help guide management. We describe a case of an acute disease flare during pregnancy, readily detected with ultrasound, and present a review of sonographic evaluation of rheumatoid arthritis in pregnancy. |
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spelling | pubmed-61488272018-09-26 Sonography of active rheumatoid arthritis during pregnancy: a case report and literature review Baffour, Francis I. McKenzie, Gavin A. Bekele, Delamo I. Glazebrook, Katrina N. Radiol Case Rep Musculoskeletal Disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis usually subsides in pregnancy, however a subset of patients have worsened symptoms with joint pain and swelling. Monitoring and mitigating disease activity in pregnancy is important for preventing deforming structural changes which can affect the ability of the patient to care for themselves and the newborn. Ultrasound is a safe and low-cost imaging modality for detecting active changes from an inflammatory arthritis, which can help guide management. We describe a case of an acute disease flare during pregnancy, readily detected with ultrasound, and present a review of sonographic evaluation of rheumatoid arthritis in pregnancy. Elsevier 2018-09-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6148827/ /pubmed/30258513 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2018.08.027 Text en © 2018 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Musculoskeletal Baffour, Francis I. McKenzie, Gavin A. Bekele, Delamo I. Glazebrook, Katrina N. Sonography of active rheumatoid arthritis during pregnancy: a case report and literature review |
title | Sonography of active rheumatoid arthritis during pregnancy: a case report and literature review |
title_full | Sonography of active rheumatoid arthritis during pregnancy: a case report and literature review |
title_fullStr | Sonography of active rheumatoid arthritis during pregnancy: a case report and literature review |
title_full_unstemmed | Sonography of active rheumatoid arthritis during pregnancy: a case report and literature review |
title_short | Sonography of active rheumatoid arthritis during pregnancy: a case report and literature review |
title_sort | sonography of active rheumatoid arthritis during pregnancy: a case report and literature review |
topic | Musculoskeletal |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6148827/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30258513 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2018.08.027 |
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