A detailed examination of the hands and feet was performed in a group of 34 patients affected by systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), using low-dose mammographic film and Rank Xerox selenium plate, according to current diagnostic techniques. All patients presented articular symptoms (pain and arthralgia). The high incidence (38,8%) of patients with no radiographic evidence of bone damage-even though articular symptoms are present-is emphasized. In such cases, it is very difficult to distinguish SLE from rheumatoid arthritis, especially as far as therapeutic management and prognosis are concerned. The lack of any "pathognomonic" radiological sign of the lupus arthritis, in the hands as well as in the feet, is then stressed. Nevertheless, arthropathy in SLE is defined as a deforming non-erosive arthritis, with a typical symmetric distribution, affecting most commonly-according to incidence-the proximal interphalangeal and metacarpophalangeal joints. In the hand, arthropathy is referred to as Jaccoud's type arthritis, because it is characterized by joint deformities which can be corrected. In the foot, the main abnormalities include hallux valgus, subluxation of the metatarsophalangeal joints and widening of the forefoot.

Sono state esaminate radiologicamente le mani e i piedi di 34 pazienti affetti da lupus eritematoso sistemico (LES) sia con la tecnica mammografica impiegando pellicole ad alta risoluzione, che con quella xeroradiografica. Tutti i pazienti presentavano artralgia. Il primo dato importante, che emerge dall'analisi dei risultati, è che esiste un numero rilevante (38,8%) di pazienti con radiografie negative, pur in presenza di una poliartropatia dolorosa spontanea. In questi casi, la diagnosi differenziale con l'artrite reumatoide è particolarmente difficile e delicata, per i risvolti terapeutici e prognostici che comporta. Il secondo aspetto fondamentale è che non esiste un segno radiologico "patognomonico" dell'artrite lupica, sia nella mano che nel piede. Ciononostante questa artrite può essere definita, oggi, di tipo deformante non erosiva, a distribuzione generalmente simmetrica.

Il quadro radiologico della mano e del piede nel lupus Eritematoso Sistemico

SCUTELLARI, Pier Nuccio
Primo
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ORZINCOLO, Carlo
Secondo
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FRANCESCHINI, Franca;GOVONI, Marcello
Penultimo
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TROTTA, Francesco
Ultimo
1987

Abstract

A detailed examination of the hands and feet was performed in a group of 34 patients affected by systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), using low-dose mammographic film and Rank Xerox selenium plate, according to current diagnostic techniques. All patients presented articular symptoms (pain and arthralgia). The high incidence (38,8%) of patients with no radiographic evidence of bone damage-even though articular symptoms are present-is emphasized. In such cases, it is very difficult to distinguish SLE from rheumatoid arthritis, especially as far as therapeutic management and prognosis are concerned. The lack of any "pathognomonic" radiological sign of the lupus arthritis, in the hands as well as in the feet, is then stressed. Nevertheless, arthropathy in SLE is defined as a deforming non-erosive arthritis, with a typical symmetric distribution, affecting most commonly-according to incidence-the proximal interphalangeal and metacarpophalangeal joints. In the hand, arthropathy is referred to as Jaccoud's type arthritis, because it is characterized by joint deformities which can be corrected. In the foot, the main abnormalities include hallux valgus, subluxation of the metatarsophalangeal joints and widening of the forefoot.
1987
Scutellari, Pier Nuccio; Orzincolo, Carlo; Franceschini, Franca; Stabellini, R; Govoni, Marcello; Trotta, Francesco
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