Musculoskeletal Manifestations of Non-RA Connective Tissue Diseases: Scleroderma, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Still's Disease, Dermatomyositis/Polymyositis, Sjögren's Syndrome, and Mixed Connective Tissue Disease

Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2018 Apr;22(2):166-179. doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1639473. Epub 2018 Apr 19.

Abstract

The most common systemic rheumatologic conditions are connective tissue diseases (including rheumatoid arthritis [RA]) followed by spondyloarthropathy. With the advent of biotherapies and imaging biomarkers, development in the imaging of RA and spondyloarthropathies has received substantial attention in the literature. This article details the various musculoskeletal imaging features of the other connective tissue diseases such as scleroderma and progressive systemic sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, Still's disease, dermatomyositis and polymyositis, Sjögren's syndrome, and mixed connective tissue disease.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Arthritis, Juvenile / diagnostic imaging
  • Arthritis, Juvenile / physiopathology
  • Connective Tissue Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Connective Tissue Diseases / physiopathology*
  • Dermatomyositis / diagnostic imaging
  • Dermatomyositis / physiopathology
  • Disease Progression
  • Humans
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / diagnostic imaging
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / physiopathology
  • Mixed Connective Tissue Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Mixed Connective Tissue Disease / physiopathology
  • Polymyositis / diagnostic imaging
  • Polymyositis / physiopathology
  • Scleroderma, Systemic / diagnostic imaging
  • Scleroderma, Systemic / physiopathology
  • Sjogren's Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
  • Sjogren's Syndrome / physiopathology
  • Still's Disease, Adult-Onset / diagnostic imaging
  • Still's Disease, Adult-Onset / physiopathology