RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CLINICAL FEATURES AND IMAGING FINDINGS IN PATIENT WITH PRIMARY OSTEOARTHRITIS OF FIRST METATAROPHALANGEAL JOINT

Đức Tâm Phùng1,2, , Thị Thu Nguyễn1, Virak Khim1, Thị Phương Thủy Nguyễn1,2, Thị Minh Hoa Trần3
1 HMU
2 Musculoskeletal Center, Bach Mai Hospital
3 Hanoi Medical University Hospital

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Objective: To describe clinical symptoms, x-ray images, ultrasound images of the primary osteoarthritis in metatarsophalangeal joints of foot and evaluate the association between clinical manifestation and ultrasound in research subjects. Subjects and method: The descriptive study on the case series of 50 patients with symptoms of swelling and/or pain and/or movement restriction and/or deformation of first metatarsophalangeal joint for outpatient examination at the Rheumatogy consultant in Bach Mai hospital from August in 2022 to August in 2023. Results: The average age of this group is 59,2 ± 9,4. Classification of osteoarthritis grade based on x-ray at grade 1 and grade 2 with the rate of 61% and 32%, respectively. The most common image in ultrasound is osteophytes 67%, joint effusion and thick synovium is less common with 23% and 8,2%, respectively. The higher grade of osteoarthritis on the x-ray images, the more painful, statistically significant difference with 95% confidence. There is a relationship between the appearance of osteophytes image on ultrasound and the grade of deformation joint, movement restriction. Conclusion: There is a strong correlation between the severity of clinical manifestations and the grade of x-ray images and ultrasound images.

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