Osteoarthritis and cartilage
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Osteoarthr. Cartil. · Oct 2014
Degree of synovitis on MRI by comprehensive whole knee semi-quantitative scoring method correlates with histologic and macroscopic features of synovial tissue inflammation in knee osteoarthritis.
To evaluate the association between synovitis on contrast enhanced (CE) MRI with microscopic and macroscopic features of synovial tissue inflammation. ⋯ Synovitis severity on CE-MRI assessed by a new whole knee scoring system by Guermazi et al. is a valid, non-invasive method to determine synovitis as it is significantly correlated with both macroscopic and microscopic features of synovitis in knee OA patients.