Lupus & antiphospholipid syndrome
Advanced imaging in the evaluation of lupus arthritis: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis
Authors' conclusion
The current systematic literature review examined available information on the use of advanced imaging modalities in the evaluation of hand and wrist involvement in SLE.
Study context
- Population
- Patients with SLE hand and wrist arthritis
- Participants
- 16 / 8 / 1
- Comparison
- Musculoskeletal (MSK) ultrasound (US) vs magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) vs optical imaging (OI)
- MSK USn = 16
- MRIn = 8
- OIn = 1
- Outcome
- Pooled association with US synovitis and tenosynovitis
Methodological detailsPopulation, intervention, comparator, and outcome structured (PICOS)-structured literature searches, PubMed, EMBASE and Cochrane Library
- PICOS-structured literature searches
- PubMed, EMBASE and Cochrane Library
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
Arthritis/arthralgia and US synovitis
10.89
4.02, 29.48
Arthritis/arthralgia and US tenosynovitis
5.93
1.99, 17.72
Joint symptoms and US synovitis, restricted to physician confirmed arthritis
5.00
1.11, 22.60
Original publication
Advanced imaging in the evaluation of lupus arthritis: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis. Semin Arthritis Rheum. Published 14 February 2025. doi:10.
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