Intra-articular corticosteroids (an injection in the joint) could reduce cartilage damage associated
with synovitis but might have adverse effects on cartilage and bone.
Not exact matches
They include treatment options for patients
with and without active systemic disease, along
with varying degrees of inflammation of the joint lining (
synovitis), as well as recommendations for repeat TB screening for JIA patients receiving biologics.
Timothy E. McAlindon, D.M., M.P.H., of Tufts Medical Center, Boston, and colleagues randomly assigned 140 patients
with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis
with features of
synovitis to injections in the joint
with the corticosteroid triamcinolone (n = 70) or saline (n = 70) every 12 weeks for two years.
The study entitled «Feasibility of photoacoustic / ultrasound imaging of
synovitis in finger joints using a point - of - care system» was conducted and published by Pim van den Berg, Khalid Daoudi and Wiendelt Steenbergen from the University of Twente research institute MIRA in cooperation
with rheumatologist Hein Moens of Ziekenhuis group Twente.
Let me give you my history... At the age of 4, I began to have knee issues and was later diagnosed
with pigmented villonodular
synovitis in my right knee.