Reumatismi infiammatori cronici : spondiloartriti ed artriti sieronegative.

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L'osteoartrosi erosiva: radiologia convenzionale versus radiologia digitale.

Il lavoro analizza il quadro radiologico dell'artrosi erosiva e valuta vantaggi e limiti della radiologia digitale rispetto alla radiografia convenzional

Il ginocchio nella polientesopatia iprostosante dismetabolica: studio xeroradiografico

Il lavoro si sofferma sul quadro radiologico della localizzazione al ginocchio della DISH ed in particolare sulle possibili applicaziojni della tecnica xeroradiografic

Etno-anthropological study on an Andin mummy preserved in the Civic Museums of Reggio Emilia (preliminary investigation)

This work describes the results obtained from interdisciplinary studies carried out on an Andin mummy preserved in the Civic Museums of Reggio Emilia and entrusted to the Department of Histories and Methods for Cultural Heritage Preservation of the University of Bologna where it was subjected to careful museum-graphical, anthroposcopic, radiographic and topographic researches and to X-Rays Fluorescence spectroscopy investigations. These preliminary investigations gave important results and, for the forthcoming work, deeper investigations have been planned, together with hypothesis about possible restoration interventions

Involvement of the Inconstant Bursa of the Fifth Metatarsophalangeal Joint in Psoriatic Arthritis: A Clinical and Ultrasonographic Study

Objective. To evaluate the involvement of the bursa located next to the head of the 5th metatarsal bone in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in comparison with the other seronegative spondyloarthritis (SpA). Methods. All patients with PsA seen during a period of 24 months were enrolled. The control group included healthy subjects and patients with the other SpA. All subjects underwent clinical and ultrasound (US) examination of the lateral surface of the 5th metatarsal. Results. 150 PsA patients (88 M; 62 F), 172 SpA (107 M; 65 F), and 95 healthy controls (58 M; 37 F) were evaluated. Based on clinical and US evaluation, bursitis was diagnosed in 17/150 (11.3%) PsA patients but in none of the SpA (P < 0.0001) and healthy (P = 0.0002) controls. In detecting bursitis, US was more sensitive than clinical examination, although the difference did not reach statistical significance (P = 0.09). Conclusion. The bursa of the 5th metatarsophalangeal joint appears to be involved in PsA more frequently than by chance. If confirmed by other studies, this finding could be considered as a distinctive clinical sign of PsA, useful for differential diagnosis with the other SpA. In asymptomatic patients, US proved to be more sensitive in the detection of bursiti