Step-by-step Approach to the Radiological Evaluation of Arthritis

Muthusamy Chandramohan is a Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist at the Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford, UK, an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Leeds, and Honorary Visiting Professor at the Saveetha University, India. He has special interest in the imaging of sports injuries and rheumatological conditions. Dr Chandramohan currently teaches musculoskeletal radiology in Radiology, Orthopedics, and Rheumatology both nationally & internationally and was nominated by trainees for both teacher and trainer of the year in 2021-2022. He is co-founder of Chennai FRCR teaching course and has been honored by various Radiological societies, hospitals & universities for contribution towards Radiology Education. Dr Chandramohan has contributed to 7 textbook chapters, has over 60 scientific presentations and 20 peer-reviewed publications to his credit, and has delivered over 70 lectures in national and international conferences. His lecture on arthritis was a notable lecture on demand in the Singapore Radiology congress in 2021. Philip Helliwell is Professor of Clinical Rheumatology at the University of Leeds and Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist for the Leeds Teaching Hospitals and the Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Dr Helliwell established and led the CASPAR study for classification of psoriatic arthritis, worked with the Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA) in developing single and composite outcome measures in psoriatic arthritis, and completed the first treat-to-target strategy study (TICOPA) in early psoriatic arthritis. He is a member of the ASAS, Co-Founder and Past-President of GRAPPA, Co-Founder of the Bradford (University) Diploma in Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Medicine, a former member of the Bradford and Airedale Musculoskeletal Alliance, and Co-Founder of the Leeds foot and ankle studies group. Dr Helliwell has contributed to several national and international guidelines on the management of psoriatic arthritis and foot and ankle problems and has published over 400 peer-reviewed papers.

• 1 Introduction2 Differential diagnosis: clinical algorithms3 Radiological anatomy of a synovial joint4 Radiological differentiation of cartilage and synovial diseases5 Basic principles in the radiological evaluation of arthritis6 A step-by-step approach to arthritis of hands and feet7 Approach to dactylitis and acro-osteolysis8 Deforming nonerosive arthropathy9 Monoarticular and destructive joint diseases10 Arthropathies and soft tissue calcifications11 Arthropathy of the axial skeleton12 ‘Not to miss’ radiographic findings in rheumatology13 Common diagnostic conundrums in rheumatology X-rays – how to troubleshoot! What to use, when to use, and when not to use