Update on Rheumatic Diseases in Clinical Practice: Recent Concepts and Developments

Chiara Giraudo; Iwona Sudol-Szopinska; Giulia Fichera; Laura Evangelista; Elisabetta Zanatta; Filippo Del Grande; Roberto Stramare; Alberto Bazzocchi; Giuseppe Guglielmi; Winston Rennie

doi:10.1016/j.rcl.2024.02.005

Update on Rheumatic Diseases in Clinical Practice: Recent Concepts and Developments

Radiol Clin North Am. 2024 Sep;62(5):725-738. doi: 10.1016/j.rcl.2024.02.005. Epub 2024 Mar 22.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health - DCTV, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, Padova, 35122, Italy. Electronic address: chiara.giraudo@unipd.it.
² Department of Radiology, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, 1- Spartanska Street, Warsaw, Poland.
³ Pediatric Radiology, Padova Hospital, Via Giustiniani 2, Padova, 35122, Italy.
⁴ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, 20072, Italy; IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni 56, Rozzano, Milan, 20089, Italy.
⁵ Department of Medicine -DIMED, Rheumatology Unit, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, 35122, Padova, Italy.
⁶ Istituto Di Imaging Della Svizzera Italiana (IIMSI), Clinica Di Radiologia Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC), Via Tesserete 46, Lugano 6900, Switzerland.
⁷ Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health - DCTV, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, Padova, 35122, Italy.
⁸ Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via G. C. Pupilli 1, Bologna, 40136, Italy.
⁹ Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Radiology Unit, Foggia University School of Medicine, Via Gramsci 89, 71122, Foggia, Italy; Department of Radiology, Scientific Institute "Casa Sollievo Della Sofferenza" Hospital, Viale Cappuccini, San Giovanni Rotondo, 71013, Italy.
¹⁰ Department of Radiology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Infirmary Square, Leicester, LE1 5WW, United Kingdom.

PMID: 39059968
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2024.02.005

Abstract

Diagnostic imaging is essential in the diagnostic process of rheumatic diseases. Given the heterogeneity of this group of diseases and the tremendous impact of novel therapeutic options, guidelines and recommendations regarding the optimal choice of the most appropriate technique/s are continuously revised and radiologists should always be up-to-date. Last, because of the continuous technological innovations, we will assist to the progressive application of advanced techniques and tools in rheumatology.

Keywords: Advanced imaging; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance; Radiographs; Rheumatology; Ultrasound.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Diagnostic Imaging / methods
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Rheumatic Diseases* / diagnostic imaging