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Abstract Number: 1191 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Importance of Quantitative Assessment of Joint/Organ Damage and Patient Distress in Addition to Inflammatory Activity in Routine Clinical Care
Theodore Pincus, Isabel Castrejón and Joel A. Block, Division of Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Quantitative measures such as laboratory tests and pooled indices have advanced clinical rheumatology care far beyond narrative decisions. These measures generally are directed to…
Abstract Number: 1192 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Impact of Participation in an Adalimumab (Humira) Patient Support Program on the Onset and Management of Disease Flares
Filip van Den Bosch¹, Siegfried Wassenberg², Boulos Haraoui³, Patrick Zueger⁴, Meijing Wu⁴, Ivan Lagunes Galindo⁴ and Andrew Ostor⁵, ¹Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ²Rheumazentrum Ratingen, Ratingen, Germany, ³Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁵Cabrini Medical Center, Melbourne, Australia
Background/Purpose: The AbbVie patient (pt) support program (PSP) is offered to pts prescribed adalimumab for RA and other indications. The purpose of this analysis was…
Abstract Number: 1193 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Consensus Statements on Scanning Conventions and Documentation in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
Karina Torralba¹, Midori Jane Nishio², Ralf G. Thiele³, Robert Fairchild⁴, Kristal Choi⁵, Lorena Salto⁵, Amy C. Cannella⁶ and Eugene Kissin⁷, ¹Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA, ²John Muir Hospital, Walnut Creek, CA, ³Division of Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ⁴Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁵Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, ⁶Section of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁷Boston University, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Point-of-care (POC) musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) over the past decade has increasingly been adopted to evaluate patients with rheumatic diseases. In 2011, a group of…
Abstract Number: 1194 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Physiological Changes of the Enthesis in Response to Age, Body Mass Index and Physical Activity: An Ultrasound Study in Healthy People
Dilek Solmaz¹, Sibel Bakirci², Wilson Stephenson³, Lihi Eder⁴, Johannes Roth⁵ and Sibel Zehra Aydın⁶, ¹Rheumatology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ²79 Cresthaven Drive, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³Internal Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁴Women's College Research Institute, University of Toronto, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Entheses are exposed to biomechanical stress throughout life and sonographic entheseal abnormalities may not reflect an underlying inflammatory arthritis in all cases. In this…
Abstract Number: 1195 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Evaluation of the Small Enthesis of the Hands By Ultrasound: A Study on Healthy Subjects
Sibel Bakirci¹, Dilek Solmaz², Wilson Stephenson³, Lihi Eder⁴, Johannes Roth⁵ and Sibel Zehra Aydın⁶, ¹79 Cresthaven Drive, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ²Rheumatology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³Internal Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁴Women's College Research Institute, University of Toronto, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The literature on sonographic enthesitis is primarily based on the large enthesis, ignoring the involvement of the small enthesis such as the hands. In…
Abstract Number: 1196 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Entheseal Involvement in Asymptomatic Healthy Subjects: Prevalence and Distribution of the Ultrasound Elementary Lesions of Enthesitis, with a Particular Focus on Those Indicating “Active” Inflammation
Andrea Di Matteo¹, Emilio Filippucci¹, Edoardo Cipolletta², María Victoria Martire³, Diogo Jesus⁴, Martina Isidori¹, Davide Corradini¹ and Walter Grassi¹, ¹Polytechnic University of Marche, Rheumatology Clinic, Jesi, Italy, ²Polytechnic University of Marche, Rheumatology Clinic, jesi, Italy, ³Instituto Médico Platense, La Plata, Argentina, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Background/Purpose: According to the OMERACT definitions, thickening, hypoechogenicity and power Doppler (PD) signal represent the US findings indicative of entheseal “active” inflammation. However, these US…
Abstract Number: 1197 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Characteristics of the Distribution of Normal Feeding Vessels between Young and Elderly Adults in Wrist Joints of Healthy Volunteers Depicted By Ultrasound (MSKUS)
Kenta Misaki¹, Kei Ikeda², Kenshi Inoue³, Moemi Miyazaki³, Naofumi Dobashi³ and Yasuhiko Imaizumi⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Kita-Harima Medical Center, Ono, Japan, ²Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan, ³Kita-Harima Medical Center, Ono, Japan, ⁴kita-Harima Medical Center, Ono, Japan
Background/Purpose: Synovial vascularity as measured by power Doppler (PD) of MSKUS is correlated to rheumatoid arthritis disease activity, and PD signal reveals the prevalence of…
Abstract Number: 1198 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasound-Detected Joint Erosions in Rheumatoid Arthritis: What Every Sonographer Should Know
York Kiat Tan^1,2,3, HuiHua Li⁴, John Carson Allen Jr⁵ and Julian Thumboo^1,2,3, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ²Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore, ³Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ⁴Health Services Research, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ⁵Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
Background/Purpose: Previous work in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on bone erosion(s) using ultrasound (US) focused mostly on small joints of the fingers and toes. We aim…
Abstract Number: 1199 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Use of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound to Assess Remission in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Myriam Allen¹, Maggie Larche² and Karen A. Beattie², ¹Rheumatology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) should achieve remission rapidly to avoid irreversible joint sequela. Studies have shown that patients with apparent clinical remission have…
Abstract Number: 1200 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Unilateral Ultrasound Scoring Methods for Synovitis in Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Agreement Study Exploring the Most Inflammatory Active Side
Lene Terslev¹, Robin Christensen², Anna-Birgitte Aga³, Joseph Sexton³, Espen A. Haavardsholm³ and Hilde B. Hammer⁴, ¹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, ²Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Denmark, ³Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Dept. of Rheumtology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: Several unilateral scoring systems have been proposed to increase the feasibility of ultrasound (US) for joint evaluation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Both the…
Abstract Number: 1201 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Finger Extensor Tendon Involvement Is Frequent in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Mihaela Maruseac¹, Patrick Durez^2,3, Adrien Nzeusseu Toukap⁴ and Maria Stoenoiu⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium, ²Pôle de Maladies Rhumatismales, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, ³Pôle de Recherche en Rhumatologie, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Rheumatology - Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc - Université Catholique de Louvain - Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Brussels, Belgium, ⁵Rheumatology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Brussels, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Finger extensor involvement (FET) at ultrasound examination (US) was previously described in patients suffering from early psoriatic arthritis. Contradictory results were published in patients…
Abstract Number: 1202 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tenosynovial Aspiration By Ultrasound Guidance: Even Small Volumes Can Have a Big Impact
Fawad Aslam¹, Amy C. Cannella², Veronika Sharp³, Lily Kao⁴, Jon Arnason⁵, Jemima Albayda⁶, Catherine Bakewell⁷, Shruti B Sanghvi⁸, Robert Fairchild⁹, Karina Torralba¹⁰, Amy M. Evangelisto¹¹, Paul DeMarco¹² and Eugene Y. Kissin¹³, ¹Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, ²Section of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³Rheumatology, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA, ⁴Evergreen Medical Group, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA, ⁵University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI, ⁶Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Rheumatology, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁸Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁹Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, ¹¹Arthritis, Rheumatic and Back Disease Associates, Moorestown, NJ, ¹²Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates PC, Wheaton, MD, ¹³Rheumatology, Boston University, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatologists commonly use synovial fluid analysis to help establish a diagnosis in patients with joint effusions. Although tenosynovial (TS) effusions are common in rheumatic…
Abstract Number: 1203 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tenosynovitis Detected By Ultrasound Predicts Arthritis Onset in Individuals at Risk of Developing Rheumatoid Arthritis
Yogan Kisten¹, Hamed Rezaei¹, Erik af Klint¹, Guozhong Fei^1,2, Aleksandra Antovic^1,2, Aase Hensvold^1,2 and Anca I. Catrina^1,2, ¹Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Stockholm Health Services, Academic Specialist Center, Center for Rheumatology, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The urgent need for identifying imaging and serological markers that early predicts rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is clinically important. We aim to identify ultrasound findings…
Abstract Number: 1204 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Experience Matters in Ultrasound Assessment of Gout
Burak Elkiran¹ and Eugene Y. Kissin², ¹Internal Medicine, Steward Carney Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Rheumatology, Boston University, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Ultrasound has emerged in the field of rheumatology as a diagnostic aid for gout and other similar forms of arthritis. While a number of…
Abstract Number: 1205 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound and Conventional Radiography Evaluation of the Hip in Patients with Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease
Andrea Di Matteo¹, Emilio Filippucci¹, Edoardo Cipolletta¹, Alice Musca², Marina Carotti³, Riccardo Mashadi Miza⁴, Diogo Jesus⁵, Marco Di Carlo¹, Fausto Salaffi¹ and Walter Grassi¹, ¹Polytechnic University of Marche, Rheumatology Clinic, Jesi, Italy, ²Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Department, Bucharest, Romania, ³Polytechnic University of Marche, Radiology Unit, Ancona, Italy, ⁴Dipartimento Diagnostica per Immagini, Ospedale di Cittadella, ULSS 6 Euganea, Cittadella (PD), Italy, ⁵Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Background/Purpose: Conventional radiography (CR) and, more recently, US play a key role in the diagnosis of CPPD. To date, only a very few studies have…

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