McGonagle, D;
Aydin, S;
Marzo-Ortega, H;
Eder, L;
Ciurtin, C;
(2021)
Hidden in plain sight: is there a crucial role for enthesitis assessment in the treatment and monitoring of axial spondyloarthritis?
Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism
, 51
(638)
pp. 1147-1161.
10.1016/j.semarthrit.2021.07.011.
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To review the evidence surrounding the pathophysiology of enthesitis in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), its prevalence and contribution to the overall disease burden, and response to treatment at axial and peripheral sites. METHODS: Literature searches of the Cochrane Library, PubMed, and Embase / Medline using the terms “enthesitis“, “enthesopathy”, “spondyloarthritis”, “axial spondyloarthritis”, and “ankylosing spondylitis” were conducted. Publications mentioning enthesitis or enthesopathy in the context of pathophysiology, diagnosis, or treatment were included. RESULTS: Enthesitis is a common symptom of axSpA, occurring with high prevalence at axial and several peripheral sites. Inflammation at the site of enthesis is an early key manifestation of axSpA. Clinically evaluable enthesitis contributes significantly to the burden of disease, correlating with worse symptomatology and downstream structural damage. Despite its importance in driving axSpA disease processes, enthesitis is somewhat neglected in current approaches to disease assessment and management. Enthesitis is excluded from some commonly used disease activity measures, is not routinely assessed in clinical practice, and many methods of clinical assessment omit key accessible axial sites, such as the spinous processes. CONCLUSION: Enthesitis plays a central role in driving the pathophysiology of axSpA. There is a need for a renewed focus on the early detection, measurement and treatment of enthesitis.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Hidden in plain sight: is there a crucial role for enthesitis assessment in the treatment and monitoring of axial spondyloarthritis? |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2021.07.011 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semarthrit.2021.07.011 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). |
| Keywords: | Axial spondyloarthritis, Enthesitis, Spondyloarthritis |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Inflammation |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10130973 |
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