In psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients with concomitant chronic widespread pain, the differential diagnosis with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) can be challenging. We evaluated whether ultrasound (US) examination of entheseal sites can distinguish pain from (PsA) enthesitis versus FMS. PsA and FMS patients underwent clinical evaluation and gray‐scale (GS; B‐mode) and power Doppler (PD) US examination of the entheses. At least one enthesis with GS‐ and PD‐mode changes was found in 90% and 59.3% of PsA patients (n = 140) and 62.7% and 35.3% of FMS patients (n = 51), respectively. GS and PD identified changes in 49.5% and 19.2% of the 840 PsA entheses and 22.5% and 7.9% of the 306 FMS entheses, respectively. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis showed an area under the curve of 0.77 and 0.66 for B‐ and PD‐mode, respectively, 3.5 being the best cut‐off GS‐score to discriminate the two conditions. Multivariate regression showed that Achilles and proximal patellar tendon enthesitis (B‐mode) were strongly associated with PsA (odds ratio, ~2). Principal component analysis (B‐mode) confirmed that PsA patients have a higher number of involved entheses and patterns of entheseal involvement than FMS patients. US evaluation of the entheses may help differentiate chronic widespread pain from PsA versus FMS.

Use of ultrasonography to discriminate psoriatic arthritis from fibromyalgia: A post‐hoc analysis of the ulisse study

Perricone C.;Perrotta F. M.;
2022

Abstract

In psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients with concomitant chronic widespread pain, the differential diagnosis with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) can be challenging. We evaluated whether ultrasound (US) examination of entheseal sites can distinguish pain from (PsA) enthesitis versus FMS. PsA and FMS patients underwent clinical evaluation and gray‐scale (GS; B‐mode) and power Doppler (PD) US examination of the entheses. At least one enthesis with GS‐ and PD‐mode changes was found in 90% and 59.3% of PsA patients (n = 140) and 62.7% and 35.3% of FMS patients (n = 51), respectively. GS and PD identified changes in 49.5% and 19.2% of the 840 PsA entheses and 22.5% and 7.9% of the 306 FMS entheses, respectively. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis showed an area under the curve of 0.77 and 0.66 for B‐ and PD‐mode, respectively, 3.5 being the best cut‐off GS‐score to discriminate the two conditions. Multivariate regression showed that Achilles and proximal patellar tendon enthesitis (B‐mode) were strongly associated with PsA (odds ratio, ~2). Principal component analysis (B‐mode) confirmed that PsA patients have a higher number of involved entheses and patterns of entheseal involvement than FMS patients. US evaluation of the entheses may help differentiate chronic widespread pain from PsA versus FMS.
2022
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