@entity924 in XXXX : clinical and sonographic findings.

@entity1 @entity1569 @entity924 @entity5144 @entity179 @entity158 @entity427
BACKGROUND: Involvement of the Achilles tendon is frequent in @entity5144 , but it is easily missed at clinical examination. OBJECTIVE: To seek evidence of @entity427 by means of sonography in psoriatic @entity1 and to correlate sonographic findings with clinical symptoms (tendon and soft-tissue swelling, @entity158 , and difficulty in walking). METHODS: Fifty-nine @entity1 with @entity1569 (Psoriasis Area and Severity Index score, 3.7-34.7) and 50 healthy, aged-matched volunteers underwent clinical and sonographic evaluation of Achilles tendons and peritendinous structures. RESULTS: Eighteen (30.5%) of the 59 @entity1 had clinical symptoms of @entity924 . Thirty-five (59.3%) of the @entity1 had sonographic abnormalities. Of these, 13 @entity1 had clinically symptomatic abnormalities, and 11 had @entity5144 . @entity179 was the most frequent sonographic finding (76.9%) among @entity1 with symptomatic conditions. Five @entity1 with symptoms did not have sonographic alterations. None of the controls had clinical or sonographic changes. CONCLUSIONS: In psoriatic @entity1 @entity427 cannot be excluded even when they are clinically absent.
