Diagnosis and Management of Enthesopathy
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37275/bsm.v6i2.441Keywords:
Enthesopathy, Rheumatology, Degenerative disease, AutoimmuneAbstract
Enthesopathy is inflammation of the enthesis. Outcome Measures in Rheumatologic Clinical Trials (OMERACT) defined enthesopathy as abnormal hypoechoic (loss of normal fibrillar architecture) and/or tendon or ligament thickening at the site of bone attachment (sometimes containing hyperechoic foci that resemble calcifications) seen in two perpendicular planes on Doppler and/or bony changes including ensophytes, erosions, and irregularities. The causes of enthesopathy are categorized into two, namely, non-inflammatory causes and inflammatory causes. Non-inflammatory causes include trauma, degenerative, autoimmune, genetic, and metabolic. The causes of inflammation areas in seronegative spondyloarthropathy.
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- Hafiziani1*
- Najirman2
- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Andalas University, Padang, Indonesia
- 2Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Andalas University/Dr. M Djamil General Hospital, Padang, Indonesia
Corresponding author Hafiziani — hafizianisayuti@gmail.com
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