Ultrasonographic Assessment of Nail in Psoriatic Disease Shows a Link between Onychopathy and Distal Interphalangeal Joint Extensor Tendon Enthesopathy

2012155 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Sibel Zehra Aydın

C. Castillo-Gallego · Hospital Universitario La Paz

Zoe Ash · NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit

Helena Marzo‐Ortega · University of Leeds

Paul Emery · NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit

Richard J. Wakefield · NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit

Miriam Wittmann · NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit

Abstract

US and clinical findings show good correlation for the assessment of the nail in psoriatic disease. The demonstration of extensor tendon enthesopathy in both psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis supports the importance of enthesopathy in nail disease pathogenesis whether or not clinical arthritis is present.

Topics & Keywords

Nail Diseases and Treatments Dermatology and Skin Diseases Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Dermatology

Volume 225, Issue 3, pp. 231-235

DOI: 10.1159/000343607

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