Obligatory medical device diagnostics.
- Conventional radiographic examination of the affected joint.
Optional medical device diagnostics – depending on the results of the history, physical examination and obligatory laboratory parameters – for differential diagnostic clarification.
- Sonography (ultrasound examination) of the affected joint [joint effusion?, erosions?]
- Magnetic resonance imaging(MRI; computer-assisted cross-sectional imaging method (using magnetic fields, i.e., without X-rays); particularly well suited for imaging soft tissue injuries) of the affected joint – in unclear cases.
- In rare cases:
- Computed tomography (CT) – sectional imaging procedure (X-ray images taken from different directions with computer-based analysis), particularly well suited for imaging bony injuries.
- Fistula representation
- X-ray tomography
- Skeletal scintigraphy (nuclear medicine procedure that can represent functional changes in the skeletal system, in which regionally (locally) pathologically (pathologically) increased or decreased bone remodeling processes are present).
