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Table 3.

Advantages and disadvantages of conventional radiology in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Advantages	Disadvantages
• Rapidity of performance • Applicability to all joints • Demonstration of joint space narrowing, disturbances of bone growth, and maturation • Detection of bone erosions • Validated scoring methods in children • Suitable for longitudinal evaluation of damage progression • Low cost • Widespread availability	• Exposure to ionizing radiation • Inability to directly visualize cartilage and soft tissue inflammation • Late detection of bone erosions and joint space narrowing (normal in early stage) • Projectional superimposition • Limited use in some sites (TMJ involvement overlooked) • Misinterpretation of anatomic variation as bone erosion (wrist joint)

Advantages

Disadvantages

• Rapidity of performance

• Applicability to all joints

• Demonstration of joint space narrowing, disturbances of bone growth, and maturation

• Detection of bone erosions

• Validated scoring methods in children

• Suitable for longitudinal evaluation of damage progression

• Low cost

• Widespread availability

• Exposure to ionizing radiation

• Inability to directly visualize cartilage and soft tissue inflammation

• Late detection of bone erosions and joint space narrowing (normal in early stage)

• Projectional superimposition

• Limited use in some sites (TMJ involvement overlooked)

• Misinterpretation of anatomic variation as bone erosion (wrist joint)

TMJ temporomandibular joint