BACKGROUND In individuals suffering from eating disorders (ED) characterized by vomiting (e.g. bulimia nervosa), the gastric juice regularly reaches the oral cavity, causing a possible risk of dental erosion. This study aimed to assess the occurrence, distribution and severity of dental erosions in a group of Norwegian patients experiencing self-induced vomiting (SIV). METHODS The individuals...

OBJECTIVES To investigate whether MRI allows the detection of osteosclerosis as a sign of repair of bone erosions compared with high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT) as a reference and whether the presence of osteosclerosis on HR-pQCT is linked to synovitis and osteitis on MRI. METHODS A total of 103 RA patients underwent HR-pQCT and MRI of the dominant hand. T...

OBJECTIVE To characterize the ultrasound (US) pattern of joint involvement in primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS). METHODS Seventeen patients with pSS, 18 with secondary Sjögren's syndrome (sSS), and 17 healthy controls underwent US examinations of various articular regions. Synovitis (synovial hypertrophy/joint effusion), power Doppler (PD) signals, and erosions were assessed. RESULTS In pati...

OBJECTIVE To compare ultrasonography (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in their capability to detect bone erosions in early-advanced rheumatoid arthritis, where no erosion was evident on conventional radiography (X-ray). METHODS Metacarpophalangeal (MCP), radiocarpal and ulnocarpal joints of 13 patients with rheumatoid arthritis, with bone erosion that was not detected by conventional...

Purpose: To evaluate the optimal pulse sequences in the detection of erosions and forthe discri mination ofthe effusion from pannus. Materials and Methods: MR studies were performed in thirteen patients with clinical diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. We used a 1.5T MR unit with single or dual3 inch coi l. We compared coronal images at the same location, obtained with pulse sequences of T2, T2 ...

Considerable progress has been made in the understanding of the formation of gastric erosions by the use of animals. The role of gastric acid secretion in their pathogenesis has been clarified. Gastric erosions are associated with the presence of acid in the stomach and slow gastric contractions. With several different experimental procedures, the animal's body temperature falls; preventing the...

Effects of CL-1700 (N-acetyl-L-carnosine aluminum) and its constituents, L-carnosine, N-acetyl-L-carnosine and Al(OH)3 on acute or chronic gastric lesions in intact rats and on gastric secretion in pylorus-ligated rats were studied. CL-1700 at 600 or 1,000 mg/kg p.o markedly inhibited Shay ulcers or indomethacin-induced erosions, but its constituents at the doses contained in CL-1700 did not. A...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the presence and progression of radiographic joint damage, as assessed with the adapted Sharp/van der Heijde score (SHS), in individual joints in the hand and wrist in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and to compare progression of damage among different JIA categories. METHODS A total of 372 radiographs of both wrists and hands obtained at first observat...

Background and study aims  Capsule endoscopy (CE) has become a routine means of diagnosing obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB) in the small intestine. Capsules using novel blue-enhanced white light-emitting diodes are expected to acquire clearer contrast images (CIs) of the small bowel vasculature. We conducted a pilot study to examine whether CIs facilitate visualization of small bowel er...

Objective. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the 7-joint ultrasound (US7) score by detailed joint region analysis of an arthritis patient cohort. Methods. The US7 score examines the clinically most affected wrist, MCP and PIP II, III, MTP II, and V joints for synovitis, tenosynovitis/paratenonitis, and erosions. Forty-five patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (84.4%) and spond...