Introduction. Hand osteoarthritis (HOA) is a heterogenous group of disorders. One phenotype withinthis group is erosive osteoarthritis (EOA), characterized by more intense, compared to non-erosiveHOA, inflammatory symptoms and signs, pain and functional limitation. The radiographic hallmarkof this subgroup is the presence of erosions on plain films.Purpose of the study. Despite the previous description of clinical inflammatory phenomena in EOA,the frequency and extent of inflammation has not been elucidated. Moreover, there is evidence thatinflammatory activity is not restricted to the joint, but, in addition to joint inflammation, systemicinflammation is also present. The consequences of joint inflammation on pain and function, and ofchronic, systemic inflammation on vascular function have not been studied. The purpose of this studywas to assess inflammatory and structural changes of the joint, using advanced imaging techniques,such as high-resolution ultrasonography (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and toevaluate their relationship to pain and function. Finallytd1"> | ns, pain and functional limitation. The radiographic hallmarkof this subgroup is the presence of erosions on plain films.Purpose of the study. Despite the previous description of clinical inflammatory phenomena in EOA,the frequency and extent of inflammation has not been elucidated. Moreover, there is evidence thatinflammatory activity is not restricted to the joint, but, in addition to joint inflammation, systemicinflammation is also present. The consequences of joint inflammation on pain and function, and ofchronic, systemic inflammation on vascular function have not been studied. The purpose of this studywas to assess inflammatory and structural changes of the joint, using advanced imaging techniques,such as high-resolution ultrasonography (US) and magnetic ...
Introduction. Hand osteoarthritis (HOA) is a heterogenous group of disorders. One phenotype withinthis group is erosive osteoarthritis (EOA), characterized by more intense, compared to non-erosiveHOA, inflammatory symptoms and signs, pain and functional limitation. The radiographic hallmarkof this subgroup is the presence of erosions on plain films.Purpose of the study. Despite the previous description of clinical inflammatory phenomena in EOA,the frequency and extent of inflammation has not been elucidated. Moreover, there is evidence thatinflammatory activity is not restricted to the joint, but, in addition to joint inflammation, systemicinflammation is also present. The consequences of joint inflammation on pain and function, and ofchronic, systemic inflammation on vascular function have not been studied. The purpose of this studywas to assess inflammatory and structural changes of the joint, using advanced imaging techniques,such as high-resolution ultrasonography (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and toevaluate their relationship to pain and function. Finally, this study aimed to evaluate the presence ofsubclinical inflammation and endothelial dysfunction in EOA, in comparison to patients with nonerosiveHOA.Material and methods. Forty-five consecutive, symptomatic patients with EOA participated in thestudy. Volunteers without HOA participated as a control group. All patients were assessed by clinicalexamination and a plain hand film. Pain was graded by the patient in a visual analog scale (VAS) andfunctional limitations were assessed with the use of the functional index for hand osteoarthritis(FIHOA). Twenty-two patiens with EOA were examined by US. Twenty patients (13 with EOA and 7with nodal HOA) were assessed by MRI and US. Twenty-four patients with EOA and 24 age- and sexmatchedvolunteers without OA were assessed by vascular US. The intima-media thickness (IMT) andthe prescence of any atherosclerotic plaques were examined by doppler US in both common carotidand common femoral arteries. The endothelium dependent and independent vasodilatation of thebrachial artery were assessed with the use of flow-mediated (FMD), during reactive hyperemia, andnitroglycerine-mediated (NMD) vasodilatation, after providing trinitric glycerol sublingually,respectively. Results. Patients with EOA experienced moderate pain and modest functional restrictions. Paincorrelated with nodes and radiographic severity, but not disease duration. While clinically detectedjoint inflammation was relatively uncommon (6.4% of the joints), by US grey-scale synovitis wasdetected in 24.1% (and power doppler signal in 22.4%) of the joints. Ninetten out of 22 patientsexhibited US synovitis. However, US inflammation did not correlate with either pain or functionallimitations, but clinical inflammation corellated with functional decline (r=0.55, p=0.02) and pain(odds raitio [OR]=11.07, 95% confidence interval [CI] 5.2-23.6, p<0.0001).Ultrasonography was significantly more sensitive than plain films in the detection of osteophytes anderosions. US and MRI were comparably sensitive and specific. Both modalities proved to be reliableoptions for imaging in EOA. Inflammatory changes, such as effusion. synovitis and tenosynovitis,were detected with comparable frequency in both EOA and NOA. Bone marrow lesions (BMLs),cartilage loss, subchondral cysts, erosions and osteophytes were more common in EOA. Six out of 7patients with NOA, without erosions on plain films, had erosions on MRI and US.During vascular US, IMT in common carotid and common femoral arteries was significantly elevatedin EOA, compared to controls (p=0.012 and p<0.01, respectively). EOA was associated with a 3-foldhigher risk of subclinical atheromatosis, compared to the controls (OR=3.33, 95% CI 1.02-10.9,p=0.043). No difference was found in the prevalence of atheromatic plaques between the twogroups. Although no difference was found in FMD and NMD between EOA and controls, thedifference between FMD-NMD was significantly higher in EOA. The mean 10-year risk ofcardiovasvular disease, estimated with the Framingham Risk Score and expressing the contributionof traditional cardiovascular risk factors, was similar in both groups (p=0.18).Conclusions. Subclinical inflammation is a frequent finding in EOA. UA is a reliable imaging modalityfor the assessment of structural and inflammatory features of EOA, more sensitive than plain filmsand clinical examination. The sensitivity and specificity of US, with MRI as reference, are high. Jointinflammation, detected by clinical examination, is directly correlated to pain and function. Moreover,a significant correlation between EOA and subclinical atheromatosis and endothelial dusfunction wasfound, that cannot be fully attributed to traditional cardiovascular risk factors, as estimated by theFramingham Risk Score. These findings suggest that chronic, low-grade inflammation could beimplicated in the development of atheromatosis in EOA.
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DOI | 10.12681/eadd/29245 | Διεύθυνση Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/29245 | ND | 29245 | Εναλλακτικός τίτλος | Erosive osteoarthritis
| Συγγραφέας | Κουτρούμπας, Αθανάσιος (Πατρώνυμο: Χρήστος) | Ημερομηνία | 2012 |
Ίδρυμα | Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλίας. Σχολή Επιστημών Υγείας. Τμήμα Ιατρικής. Τομέας Παθολογίας. Κλινική Ρευματολογική |
Εξεταστική επιτροπή | Σακκάς Λάζαρος Μακαρίτσης Κωνσταντίνος Βλυχού Μαριάννα Μαλίζος Κωνσταντίνος Γιαννούκας Αθανάσιος Παπανδρέου Χρήστος Στεφανίδης Ιωάννης |
Επιστημονικό πεδίο | Ιατρική και Επιστήμες Υγείας Κλινική Ιατρική |
Λέξεις-κλειδιά | Οστεοαρθρίτιδα άκρων χειρών; Διαβρωτική οστεοαρθρίτιδα; Αρθρική φλεγμονή; Υποκλινική υμενίτιδα; Υποκλινική αθηρωμάτωση; Δυσλειτουργία ενδοθηλίου; Οστικές διαβρώσεις | Χώρα | Ελλάδα |
Γλώσσα | Ελληνικά |
Άλλα στοιχεία | 138 σ., εικ., πιν., σχημ. |
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