Sequential joint scintigraphy in rheumatoid arthritis.

In this sequential study joint scintigraphy was compared with clinical and röntgenological evaluation in 19 patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Scintigraphy sometimes preceded clinical and radiological abnormalities and scan results were independent of radiological findings showing no differences when large and small joints were compared. Scan findings in 2 patients with arthralgias only were negative, suggesting that arthritis was unlikely.