Re: Re: INFO - Update of imaging and radiographic measurements: assessment of symptom presentation and disease progression

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You are very welcome, !

Here is one of the best concise articles on some of the radiographic

differences between OA, RA, and CPPD:

" Approaches to Differential Diagnosis in Musculoskeletal Imaging " :

http://www.rad.washington.edu/mskbook/appendiculararthritis.html

Not an MD

[ ] Re: INFO - Update of imaging and radiographic

measurements: assessment of symptom presentation and disease progression

> , thank you so much for posting all these informative articles.

> Everytime I read something like this about radiographic studies of

> joint erosions and the importance of diagnosing early, I wonder about

> something. When I was first diagnosed 10 years ago with an

> undifferentiated connective tissue disease, the GP I was seeing x-

> rayed my hands and said that I had OA in my hands rather than RA (I

> was only 45 at the time). She didn't tell me what the difference

> was, though. How can doctors tell the difference between OA and RA

> on x-ray? Have you run across any articles about that?

> Thanks again!

>