Radiologic findings of the lumbar spine in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, and a review of pathologic mechanisms

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 38-43

  Kawaguchi, Yoshiharu ^a   Matsuno, Hiroaki ^a   Kanamori, Masahiko ^a   Ishihara, Hirokazu ^a   Ohmori, Kazuo ^a   Kimura, Tomoatsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lumbar spine; Radiologic findings; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPHYTE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARESTHESIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; BONE EROSION; BONE LESION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0037312116     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024720-200302000-00007     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Boden SD, Dodge LD, Bohlman HH, et al. Rheumatoid arthritis of the cervical spine: a twenty year analysis with predictors of paralysis and recovery. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1993;75:1282-97.
2. Gordon DA, Hastings D. Rheumatoid arthritis: clinical features of early, progressive and late disease. In: Klippel JH, Dieppe PA, eds. Rheumatology. London: Mosby, 1998:5.3.1.-14.
3. Linquist PR, McDonnell DE. Rheumatoid cyst causing extradural compression: a case report. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1970;52:1235-40.
4. Paimela L, Laasonen L, Kankaanpaa E, et al. Progression of cervical spine changes in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol 1997;24:1280-4.
5. Yonezawa T, Tsuji H, Matsui H, et al. Subaxial lesions in rheumatoid arthritis: radiological factors suggestive of lower cervical myelopathy. Spine 1995;20:208-15.
6. Boden SD, Clark CR. Rheumatoid arthritis of the cervical spine. In: Cervical Spine Research Society Editorial Committee, ed. The Cervical Spine, 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven, 1998:693-703.
7. Helliwell PS, Zebouni LN, Porter G, et al. A clinical and radiological study of back pain in rheumatoid arthritis. Br J Rheumatol 1993;32:216-21.
8. Kuwahara S, Kimura C, Tajima N, et al. Radiological findings of the lumbar spine in rheumatoid arthritis. Jpn J Rheumatol 1989;2:13-24.
9. Shichikawa K, Matsui K, Oze K, et al. Rheumatoid spondylitis. Int Orthop 1978;2:53-60.
10. Heywood AW, Meyers OL. Rheumatoid arthritis of the thoracic and lumbar spine. J Bone Joint Surg Br 1986;68:362-8.
11. Ochi T, Iwase R, Yonemasu K, et al. Natural course of joint destruction and fluctuation of serum C1q levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 1988;31:37-43.
12. Arnett FC, Edworthy SM, Bloch DA, et al. The American Rheumatism Association 1987 revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 1988;31:315-24.
13. Steinbrocker O, Traeger CH, Batterman RC. Therapeutic criteria in rheumatoid arthritis. JAMA 1949;140:659-63.
14. Saville PD, Khamosh O. Osteoporosis of rheumatoid arthritis: influence of age, sex and corticosteroids. Arthritis Rheum 1967;10:423-58.
15. Larsen A. A radiological method for grading the severity of rheumatoid arthritis [Abstract]. Scand J Rheumatol 1975;4:225-33.
16. Ball J. Enthesopathy of rheumatoid and ankylosing spondylitis. Ann Rheum Dis 1971;30:213-23.
17. Biasi D, Caramaschi P, Carletto A, et al. A case of rheumatoid arthritis with lumbar spine involvement. Rheumatol Int 1995;15:125-6.
18. Farrokh D. Lumbar intraspinal synovial cysts of different etiologies: diagnosis by CT and MR imaging. J Belge Radiol 1998;81:275-8.
19. Hauge T, Magnaes B, Skullerud K. Rheumatoid arthritis of the lumbar spine leading to anterior vertebral subluxation and compression of the cauda equina. Scand J Rheumatol 1980;9:241-4.
20. Lawrence JS, Sharp J, Ball J. Rheumatoid arthritis of the lumbar spine. Ann Rheum Dis 1964;23:205-17.
21. Nakase T, Fujiwara K, Kohno J, et al. Pathological fracture of a lumbar vertebra caused by rheumatoid arthritis: a case report. Int Orthop 1998;22:397-9.
22. Sims-Williams H, Jayson MI, Baddeley H. Rheumatoid involvement of the lumbar spine. Ann Rheum Dis 1977;36:524-31.
23. Bromley M, Woolley DE. Chondroclasts and osteoclasts at subchondral sites of erosion in the rheumatoid joint. Arthritis Rheum 1984;27:968-75.
24. Gravallese EM, Harada Y, Wang JT, et al. Identification of cell types responsible for bone resorption in rheumatoid arthritis and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Am J Pathol 1998;152:943-51.
25. Koizumi F, Matsuno H, Wakaki K, et al. Synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis: scoring of characteristic histopathological features. Pathol Int 1999;49:298-304.
26. Shimizu S, Shiozawa S, Shiozawa K, et al. Quantitative histologic studies on the pathogenesis of periarticular osteoporosis in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 1985;28:25-31.
27. Gravallese EN, Manning C, Tsay A, et al. Synovial tissue in rheumatoid arthritis is a source of osteoclast differentiation factor. Arthritis Rheum 2000;43:250-8.
28. Eisenstein SM, Parry CR. The lumbar facet arthrosis syndrome: clinical presentation and articular surface changes. J Bone Joint Surg Br 1987;69:3-7.
29. Yamashita T, Minaki Y, Ozaktay AC, et al. A morphological study of the fibrous capsule of the human lumbar facet joint. Spine 1996;21:538-43.
30. Hukins DWL. Disc structure. In: Ghosh P, ed. The Biology of the Intervertebral Disc, vol. 1. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, 1988:1-33.
31. Lipson S. Rheumatoid arthritis of the cervical spine. Clin Orthop 1984;182:143-9.
32. Canalis E. Clinical review 83. Mechanisms of glucocorticoid action in bone: implications to glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1996;81:3441-7.
33. Gennari C. Glucocorticoid induced osteoporosis. Clin Endocrinol 1994;41:273-4.
34. Lukert BP, Raisz LG. Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis: pathogenesis and management. Ann Intern Med 1990;112:352-64.
35. Reid IR, Grey AB. Corticoid osteoporosis. Baillieres Clin Rheumatol 1993;7:573-87.
36. Buckley LM, Leib ES, Cartularo KS, et al. Effects of low dose corticosteroids on the bone mineral density of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol 1995;22:1055-9.
37. Anonymous. Recommendations for the prevention and treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis: American College of Rheumatology Task Force on Osteoporosis Guidelines. Arthritis Rheum 1996;39:1791-801.
38. Eastell R, Reid DM, Compston J, et al. A UK Consensus Group on management of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis: an update. J Intern Med 1998;244:271-92.
39. Heytman M, Ahem MJ, Smith MD, et al. The long term effect of pulsed corticosteroids on the efficacy and toxicity of chrysotherapy in rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol 1994;21:435-41.
40. Needs CJ, Smith M, Boutagy J, et al. Comparison of methylprednisolone (1 g i.v.) with prednisolone (1 g orally) in rheumatoid arthritis: a pharmacokinetic and clinical study. J Rheumatol 1988;15:224-8.
41. Radia M, Furst DE. Comparison of three pulse methylprednisolone regimens in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol 1988;15:242-6.
42. Smith MD, Ahem MJ, Brooks PM, et al. The clinical and immunological effects of pulse methylprednisolone therapy in rheumatoid arthritis: II. Effects on immune and inflammatory indices in peripheral blood. J Rheumatol 1988;15:233-7.
43. Smith MD, Ahem MJ, Brooks PM, et al. The clinical and immunological effects of pulse methylprednisolone therapy in rheumatoid arthritis: III. Effects on immune and inflammatory indices in synovial fluid. J Rheumatol 1988;15:238-41.
44. Smith MD, Bertouch JV, Smith AM, et al. The clinical and immunological effects of pulse methylprednisolone therapy in rheumatoid arthritis: I. Clinical effects. J Rheumatol 1988;15:229-32.
45. Kraus A. Pulse steroid therapy, rheumatoid arthritis and the Journal of Rheumatology. J Rheumatol 1988;15:1872-4.
46. Sebaldt R. Pulse steroid therapy and the search for improved drug therapy of rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol 1988;15:200-2.
47. Smith MD, Ahem MJ, Roberts-Thomson PJ. Pulse steroid therapy in rheumatoid arthritis: can equivalent doses of oral prednisolone give similar clinical results to intravenous methylprednisolone? Ann Rheum Dis 1988;47:28-33.
48. Weinstein RS, Jilka RL, Parfitt AM, et al. Inhibition of osteoblastogenesis and promotion of apoptosis of osteoblasts and osteocytes by glucocorticoids: potential mechanisms of their deleterious effects on bone. J Clin Invest 1998;102:274-82.