This is a prospective study.
Informed consent was taken from all the patients.
There were a total of 30 patients in the age group 28 to 76 years.
Amongst the 30 patients,
there were 19 males and 11 females.
There were 20 patients with inflammatory arthritis and 10 patients of tuberulous synovitis.
In the 20 patients of inflammatory synovitis,
12 involved the wrist,
2 involved the ankle,
5 involved the small joints and 1 involved the knee.
In the 10 patients of infective synovitis,
3 involved the shoulder,
2 involved the ankle,
1 involved the wrist,
2 involved the elbow and 2 involved the knee.
All these patients had come to our center for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the involved joints.
After the MRI,
high resolution ultrasound was performed followed by real time sonoelastography.
The sonoelastographic findings were recorded and compared with the findings on magnetic resonance imaging.
MRI was performed on a 1.5 T dedicated musculoskeletal MRI scanner.
High resolution ultrasound and sono-elastography was performed on a GE machine with an E8 platform using an elastography compatible linear probe of 12 MHz frequency.
Inclusion Criteria- Patients who had both MRI and
sono-elastography.
- Known cases or proven cases on follow up.
Exclusion Criteria- Patients who did not have MRI or
sono-elastography.
- Patients lost for follow up.
- New patients with no proven pathology.