RESUMO
La ecografía es una técnica de imagen no invasiva, inocua, reproducible y coste-eficiente, que aporta información inmediata al poder realizarla en nuestras consultas. El buen perfil de la técnica y los avances tecnológicos acontecidos en los últimos años, que han permitido una mejora sustancial en la resolución de la imagen hasta hacerla casi anatómica, han impulsado la investigación sobre su aplicación al estudio integral de las enfermedades inflamatorias sistémicas. En la actualidad, se ha traspasado el umbral de utilizar la ecografía para investigar exclusivamente las manifestaciones músculo-esqueléticas, para aplicarla también al estudio de las manifestaciones extraarticulares y las comorbilidades asociadas a las enfermedades reumáticas. En la presente revisión repasaremos su utilidad para el diagnóstico de la afectación glandular en el síndrome de Sjögren, la enfermedad pulmonar intersticial o la arteritis de células gigantes y para la estratificación del riesgo cardiovascular en pacientes con enfermedades reumáticas inflamatorias crónicas.(AU)
Ultrasound is a non-invasive, innocuous, reproducible, cost-efficient imaging technique that provides immediate information, as it can be performed in our consultations. The good profile of ultrasound and the technological advances that have taken place in recent years, which have allowed a substantial improvement in the resolution of the image to make it almost anatomical, have promoted research on its application in the comprehensive study of systemic inflammatory diseases. At present, the threshold of using ultrasound to exclusively investigate musculoskeletal manifestations has been crossed, to also apply it to the study of extra-articular manifestations and comorbidities associated with rheumatic diseases. In this review we will revise its usefulness for the diagnosis of glandular involvement in Sjögren's syndrome, interstitial lung disease or giant cell arteritis and for stratification of cardiovascular risk in patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases.(AU)
Assuntos
Humanos , Terapia por Ultrassom , Diagnóstico , Glândula Parótida , Doenças Pulmonares Intersticiais , Arterite de Células Gigantes , Síndrome de Sjogren , Reumatologia , Doenças ReumáticasRESUMO
Ultrasound is a non-invasive, innocuous, reproducible, cost-efficient imaging technique that provides immediate information, as it can be performed in our consultations. The good profile of ultrasound and the technological advances that have taken place in recent years, which have allowed a substantial improvement in the resolution of the image to make it almost anatomical, have promoted research on its application in the comprehensive study of systemic inflammatory diseases. At present, the threshold of using ultrasound to exclusively investigate musculoskeletal manifestations has been crossed, to also apply it to the study of extra-articular manifestations and comorbidities associated with rheumatic diseases. In this review we will revise its usefulness for the diagnosis of glandular involvement in Sjögren's syndrome, interstitial lung disease or giant cell arteritis and for stratification of cardiovascular risk in patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases.
