Mixed connective tissue disease x ray

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Shaghayegh Habibi, M.D.[2]

Overview[edit | edit source]

An x-ray may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of mixed connective tissue disease, which include features characteristic of polyarthritis (soft tissue atrophy, calcifications, distal interphalangeal joint erosions, juxta-articular osteoporosis, joint space narrowing, marginal erosions, joint deformities without erosions, and osteonecrosis) and interstitial lung disease (ground−glass opacities, peripheral reticular infiltrates, and small irregular opacities).

X Ray[edit | edit source]

An x-ray may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of mixed connective tissue disease, which include:^[1][2][3]

• Polyarthritis
  • Features characteristic of arthrits in systemic sclerosis:
    • soft tissue atrophy
    • Calcifications
    • Distal interphalangeal joint erosions
  • Features characteristic of arthritis in rheumatoid arthritis:
    • Juxta-articular osteoporosis
    • Joint space narrowing
    • Marginal erosions
  • Features characteristic of arthritis in systemic lupus erythematosus:
    • Joint deformities without erosions
    • osteonecrosis
• Interstitial lung disease
  • Ground−glass opacities 
  • Peripheral reticular infiltrates
  • Small irregular opacities (predominantly in the bases and middle regions)

Polyarthritis in mixed connective tissue disease - advanced osteoarthritis with joint space narrowing, subcutaneous calcifications, erosions and deformities of the PIP and DIP joints. https://radiopaedia.org/cases/mixed-connective-tissue-disease-1

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