A Cross-sectional Comparison of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings and Clinical Assessment in Patients With Morphea

Laila F Abbas; Jack C O'Brien; Shauna Goldman; Parham Pezeshk; Majid Chalian; Avneesh Chhabra; Heidi T Jacobe

doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2020.0036

A Cross-sectional Comparison of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings and Clinical Assessment in Patients With Morphea

JAMA Dermatol. 2020 May 1;156(5):590-592. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2020.0036.

Authors

Laila F Abbas¹, Jack C O'Brien¹, Shauna Goldman¹, Parham Pezeshk², Majid Chalian³, Avneesh Chhabra², Heidi T Jacobe¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
² Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
³ Department of Musculoskeletal Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle.

Abstract

This cross-sectional analysis compares clinical assessment with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in determining the extent of disease in patients with morphea.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Male
Scleroderma, Localized / diagnostic imaging
Scleroderma, Localized / physiopathology*

Grants and funding

R01 AR073516/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States