The usefulness of XXXX bone scintigraphy in detection of articular involvement of @entity195 .

@entity1 @entity6592 @entity32621 @entity195 @entity2720
Articular involvement was reported to be present in approximately 5-76% of Beh  et @entity1 . Therefore, we need a useful non-invasive method to detect articular involvement early in Beh  et @entity1 with nonspecific complaints. We aimed to evaluate the usefulness of @entity32621 ( @entity32621 ) bone scintigraphy in the detection of the articular involvement of @entity195 ( @entity195 ). Bone scintigraphy with @entity32621 was performed in 32 (17 male, 15 female) consecutive @entity1 with @entity195 . The sacroiliac (SI) joints with SI index higher than 1.34 were diagnosed as having @entity6592 . Although joint complaints were present in only 8 (25%) @entity1 , we detected joint involvement by scintigraphy in 27/32 (84.4%) Beh  et @entity1 mostly affecting the knees (62.5%), ankles (59.4%), @entity2720 (25%), wrists (21.9%), shoulders (18.7%), elbows (12.5%) and hips (3.1%). The articular involvement was monoarticular in four cases (12.5%) and was oligoarticular in the remaining. There was no correlation between joint involvement and age, gender, disease duration, drug usage or other clinical manifestations. Despite the fact that our @entity1 were clinically asymptomatic and had normal pelvis radiography, @entity6592 was found in 8 @entity1 (25%). Bone scintigraphy is sensitive in the diagnosis of joint involvement allowing earlier diagnosis and showing the presence of articular involvement, especially in @entity2720 .
