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Home Chronic Extremity Joint Pain-Suspected Inflammatory Arthritis, Crystalline Arthritis, or Erosive Osteoarthritis
Variants
Scenario Scenario ID Procedure Adult RRL Peds RRL Appropriateness Category
Shoulder pain, chronic, seropositive inflammatory arthritis suspected, radiography inconclusive, next imaging study 3196172
US shoulder
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually appropriate
MRI shoulder without and with IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually appropriate
MRI shoulder without IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually appropriate
Image-guided aspiration shoulder

Varies
Varies 		Usually not appropriate
Bone scan whole body
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually not appropriate
Bone scan whole body with SPECT or SPECT/CT shoulder
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually not appropriate
CT shoulder with IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢
Usually not appropriate
CT shoulder without and with IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢
Usually not appropriate
CT shoulder without IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢
Usually not appropriate
FDG-PET/CT whole body
10-30 mSv
☢☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually not appropriate