Riente L, Delle Sedie A, Filippucci E, Iagnocco A, Meenagh G, Epis O, Grassi W, Valesini G, Montecucco C, Bombardieri S
Cattedra di Reumatologia, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2008 Mar-Apr;26(2):230-3.
Ultrasound (US) role is becoming more and more relevant in the assessment of rheumatic diseases but there are still some almost unexplored fields and, surely, one of these is represented by the great family of connective tissue diseases (CTD). In this review we provide an update of the available data regarding some applications of US in CTD. Besides an overview of the role of US in their musculoskeletal involvement, we will report data on the use of US in the evaluation of skin and lung in systemic sclerosis and of salivary glands in Sjögren's syndrome. US assessment of heart, kidney or vascular involvement in CTD will not be the subjects of this paper.
超声（US）在风湿性疾病评估中的作用越来越重要，但仍存在一些几乎未被探索的领域，结缔组织病（CTD）大家族无疑是其中之一。在本综述中，我们提供了关于US在CTD中一些应用的现有数据更新。除了概述US在其肌肉骨骼受累方面的作用外，我们还将报告US在系统性硬化症皮肤和肺部评估以及干燥综合征唾液腺评估中的应用数据。本文将不涉及US对CTD中心脏、肾脏或血管受累的评估。
