Ultrasound in Rheumatology: A Practical Guide for Diagnosis

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Contents
Editors and Contributors
Essentials of Ultrasound for Practical Scanning
	What is Ultrasound and How Does It Work?
	Modes Used in Ultrasound?
	What Are the Common Ultrasound Artefacts and How to Reduce Them?
	Common Ultrasound Features in Rheumatic Diseases?
	A Step by Step Guide to Handling the Machine and the Probe and Approaching the Patent
		Equipment
		Patient
		The Probe
	Probe/ Machine Setting
	References
The Wrist and Hand
	Dorsal Examination of Wrist and Hand
		Dorsal Wrist Examination
			Basic Anatomy
			Radio-Ulnar Joint
			Radio-Carpal and Mid-Carpal Joint
			Extensor Tendons and Lister’s Tubercle
			Scapho-Lunate Ligament
			Dorsal Thumb MCP and CMCJ (Illustration )
			Dorsal MCP (Illustration )
			Dorsal PIP (Illustration )
			Dorsal DIP (Illustration )
			Collateral Ligaments (MCPJs and PIPJs) (Illustration )
			Thumb Collateral Ligament (Illustration )
	Volar Examination of Wrist and Hand
		Volar Wrist (Radio-Carpal Joint, Carpal Tunnel, Median Nerve, Flexor Tendons)
			Basic Anatomy (Illustrations  and )
		Flexor Tendons of Wrist (and FPL)
			Basic Anatomy
			Volar 1st CMCJ
			Finger Flexor Tendons
			Volar MCPJ, PIPJ and DIPJ
			Pulleys
			Pathology
	References
The Elbow
	Anterior Elbow
	Medial Elbow
	Lateral Elbow
	Posterior Elbow
	Pathology
	References
The Shoulder
	Basic Anatomy
	Basic Patient Positioning and Imaging Protocol
		Anterior Structures
	Anterosuperior Structures
	Posterosuperior Structures
	Pathology
	References
The Hip
	Basic Anatomy
	Basic Patient Positioning and Imaging Protocol
	Anterior Structures
	Lateral Structures
	Posterior Structures
	Medial Structures
	Pathology
	References
The Knee Joint
	Basic Anatomy
	Ultrasound Examination Technique
		The Suprapatellar Recess and Quadriceps Tendon
		The Patella Tendon (and Infrapatellar Recess)
		Medial Parapatellar Recess
		The Medial Knee
		Pes Anserine
		Lateral Parapatellar Recess
		The Lateral Knee
		The Posterior Knee
	Pathology
	References
The Ankle and Foot
	Ankle Examination
		Anterior Ankle
			Basic Anatomy
		Medial Ankle
			Basic Anatomy
		Lateral Ankle
			Basic Anatomy
		Forefoot
		Posterior Ankle
		Plantar Ankle and Foot
	Pathology
	References
Ultrasound in Large Vessel Vasculitis
	Basics of Vascular Ultrasound
	Definitions
	Settings and Pitfalls
		Gray Scale
		Color Doppler
	Pitfalls
	Ultrasonographic Atlas of Examination of the Cranial Arteries, the Supraaortic Arteries and the Aorta
	Temporal Artery
	Distal Facial Artery
	Occipital Artery
	Carotid Artery
	Vertebral Artery
	Brachiocephalic Trunk and Subclavian Artery
	Subclavian Artery
	Proximal Axillary Artery
	Distal Axillary Artery
	Pathology
	Other Vasculitides
	References
The Salivary Glands
	Patient Position
	Pathology
	References
Lung Ultrasound
	Introduction
	Lung Ultrasound Findings
	How to Perform a LUS Examination
	How to Interpret LUS
	Take-Home Messages
	References
Index