Adult-onset Still's disease echocardiography and ultrasound

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Syed Hassan A. Kazmi BSc, MD [2]

Ultrasound of the affected joints in adult-onset Still’s disease may show thickening and increased vascularization of the synovial membrane, and articular erosions.

Ultrasound may show the following features in adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD):

• Thickening of synovial membrane (due to synoviocyte hyperplasia and edema of the synovial sub-intima)
• Increased vascularization of the synovial membrane
• Articular erosions (increased echogenicity)

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