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Abstract Number: 1331 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Change in MRI in Patients with Spondyloarthritis Treated with Anti-TNF Agents : Systematic Review of the Literature
Gisèle KHOURY¹, BG Combe² and Cédric Lukas³, ¹Rheumatology, Hopital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France, ²Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France, ³Hopital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France
Background/Purpose: The follow-up of axial spondyloarthritis (SpA) remains difficult in clinical practice, mainly based on patient-reported outcomes, whereas objective parameters in disease monitoring are often…
Abstract Number: 1332 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessing Radiographic Damage in Ankylosing Spondylitis: Variability in Reliability of the Modified Stoke Ankylosing Spondylitis Spine Score According to the Statistical Method
Sibel Z. Aydin¹, Esen Kasapoglu-Gunal², Esra Kurum³, Servet Akar⁴, Eyyup Mungan⁵, Fatma Alibaz-Oner⁶, Helena Marzo-Ortega⁷, Dennis McGonagle⁸, Robert G Lambert⁹, Pamir Atagunduz⁶ and Walter Maksymowych¹⁰, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Koc University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Internal Medicine, Istanbul Medeniyet University Goztepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, ³PhD,Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Izmir Katip Celebi University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey, ⁵Goztepe training and research hospital, MD, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁶Rheumatology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁷Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit and University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁸Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁹Radiology, Radiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ¹⁰Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Conventional radiography is the main imaging modality to assess damage in the spine in ankylosing spondylitis. Modified Stoke Ankylosing Spondylitis Spine Score (mSASSS) has…
Abstract Number: 1333 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessment of Focal Fat Infiltration in Sacroiliac Joints in Patients with Spondyloarthritis By 1.5T Versus 3.0T Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Is the Field Strength Important to Contrast to Noise Ratios, Reproducibility and Total Scores?
Jakob M. Møller¹, Jelena Jankovic¹, Mikkel Østergaard², Inge Juul Sorensen³, Rene Poggenborg⁴, Ole Rintek Madsen⁵, Henrik S Thomsen¹ and Susanne Juhl Pedersen⁶, ¹Department of Radiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev, Herlev, Denmark, ²Rigshospitalet-Glostrup, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet - Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark, ³Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet - Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁴Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital at Gentofte, Gentofte, Denmark, ⁵Department of Rheumatology/C, Department of Rheumatology/C, Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Hellerup, Denmark, ⁶Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Reporting of focal fat infiltrations (FFI) in sacroiliac joints (SIJs) is becoming more important in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (SpA) since this lesion has…
Abstract Number: 1334 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Bone Erosion in Gout: Relationship with Tophus Urate and Soft Tissue Volumes. a Conventional and Dual Energy CT Study
Mark Sapsford¹, Gregory Gamble², Opetaia Aati², Julie Knight¹, Anne Horne², Anthony Doyle¹ and Nicola Dalbeth², ¹University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ²Department of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: Imaging and pathology studies have established the close relationship between intraosseous tophus and bone erosion in gout. The tophus is an organised structure consisting…
Abstract Number: 1335 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Factors Associated with Progressive Radiographic Damage in Gout: A Prospective Observational Study
Alastair Eason¹, Meaghan House², Zoe Vincent¹, Julie Knight¹, Paul Tan¹, Anne Horne², Gregory Gamble², Anthony Doyle¹, William J. Taylor³ and Nicola Dalbeth², ¹University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ²Department of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ³Department of Medicine, University of Otago Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: Radiographic damage is frequently observed in patients with longstanding gout. Although cross-sectional studies have described factors associated with joint damage in gout, there are…
Abstract Number: 1336 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
To PET or Not to PET in General Rheumatology Practice
Kavina Shah, Roshni Doshi, Joshua Balogun-Lynch, Henry Penn and Shahir Hamdulay, Rheumatology, Northwick Park Hospital, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Fluoro-deoxy-glucose positron emission tomography with computerised tomography (PET/CT) is an imaging modality which identifies tissues with high metabolic activity. It is used in the…
Abstract Number: 1337 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pulmonary Computed Tomography Changes in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Alexandra Balbir-Gurman¹, Ludmila Guralnik², Mordehai Yigla³, Yolanda Braun-Moscovici⁴, Anna Astrahan⁵ and Emilia Hardak⁶, ¹B. Shine Rheumatology Unit, Rambam Health Care Campus, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, ²Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Rambam Health Care Campus, The Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, ³Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Rambam Health Care Campus, The Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, ⁴B Shine Department of Rheumatology, Rambam Health Care Campus,. Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel, ⁵Rappaport Faculty of Medicine-Technion, Israeli Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, ⁶Pulmonary Institute, Rambam Health Care Campus; Rappaport Faculty of Medicine-Technion, Israeli Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Background/Purpose: Lung involvement in RA it is often diagnosed in advanced stage. Chest CT is the main modality for assessment of ILD. To analyze chest…
Abstract Number: 1338 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Increased Aortic Wall Thickness for the Diagnosis of Aortitis: a Computed Tomography-Based Study
Gleb Slobodin^1,2,3, Afif Nakhleh⁴, Doron Rimar¹, Vladimir Wolfson⁵, Itzhak Rosner¹ and Majed Odeh^2,3, ¹Rheumatology, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, ²Internal Medicine A, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, ³Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, ⁴47 Golomb St, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, ⁵Radiology, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the usefulness of computed tomography (CT)-measured aortic wall thickness (AWT) as a sole imaging finding for the confirmation of clinically suspected aortitis.…
Abstract Number: 1339 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis or Post Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Can CT Chest Help in Differentiating in a Tuberculosis Endemic Area?
Aman Sharma¹, Manphool Singhal², Mitali Sen³, Manish Rathi⁴, Varun Dhir¹, Kusum Sharma⁵, Ranjana Minz⁶, Surjit Singh³, Pradeep Bambery⁷ and Niranjan Khandelwal², ¹Internal Medicine (Rheumatology Unit), Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, ²Department of Radiodiagnosis, PGIMER,, Chandigarh, India, ³Department of Internal Medicine,, PGIMER,, Chandigarh, India, ⁴Department of Nephrology,, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, ⁵Department of Medical Microbiology,, PGIMER,, Chandigarh, India, ⁶Department of Immunopathology,, PGIMER,, Chandigarh, India, ⁷Rheumatology, Bundaberg base hospital, University of Queensland, Bundaberg, Australia
Background/Purpose: The data on the Computed tomography (CT) changes of chest in Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is available mostly from low tuberculosis prevalence countries. We…
Abstract Number: 1340 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Value of 18F-FDG PET for Therapeutic Assessment in Patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica Treated in First Line By Tocilizumab
Xavier Palard¹, Solene Querellou², Maelenn Gouillou³, Alain Saraux^4,5, Thierry Marhadour⁶, Florent Garrigues⁷, Ronan Abgral⁸, Pierre-Yves Salaun⁸ and Valerie Devauchelle^9,10, ¹Department of nuclear medicine, University hospital of Brest, Brest, France, ²Department of nuclear medicine, Université Européenne de Bretagne; Université de Brest; EA3878 (GETBO) IFR148, Brest, French Polynesia, ³Clinical Investigation Centre (CIC) 1412, CHU Cavale Blanche- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Brest, France, ⁴Department of rheumatology and unit of immunology (EA 2216), Université Brest Occidentale, Brest, France, ⁵Rheumatology Department, CHU de la Cavale Blanche, Brest Cedex, France, ⁶CHU La Cavale Blanche, Brest, France, ⁷Radiology department, Cavale Blanche Hospital and Brest Occidentale University, Brest, France, ⁸Department of nuclear medicine, Université Européenne de Bretagne; Université de Brest; EA3878 (GETBO) IFR148, Brest, France, ⁹Service de Rhumatologie, CHU Brest, Brest, France, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Brest university medical school, EA 2216, UBO and CHU de la Cavale Blanche,, Brest, France
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the interest of 18F-FDG positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) for therapeutic assessment in polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) patients undergoing tocilizumab (TCZ) therapy at first…
Abstract Number: 1341 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Imaging Growing Joints By Diffraction Enhanced-Computed Tomography Using a Synchrotron Light Source
Alan M. Rosenberg¹, Glendon Rhoades², Dean Chapman³, George Belev⁴, Sheldon Wiebe³, David Cooper³, Adelaine Wong³ and Brian Eames³, ¹Department of Pediatrics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, ²Biomedical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, ³University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, ⁴Canadian Light Source Inc, Ssasatoon, SK, Canada
Background/Purpose: This project developed a new method for evaluating growing joints by employing diffraction enhanced imaging (DEI) with computed tomography (CT) using a synchrotron light…
Abstract Number: 1343 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mortality Due to Sepsis in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Orit Barrett¹, Ella Abramovich², Jacob Dreiher³, Victor Novack⁴ and Mahmoud Abu-Shakra⁵, ¹Department of Medicine D, Soroka Medical Center and Ben-Gurion University, Beersheba, Israel, ²Department of Medicine D, Soroka University Medical Center and Ben-Gurion University, Beersheba, Israel, ³Clalit Health Services, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva,,, BeerSheba, Israel, ⁴Clinical Research Center, Soroka Medical Center and Ben-Gurion University, Beersheba, Israel, ⁵Rheumatic Diseases Unit, Soroka Medical Center and Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Background/Purpose: Severe infections contribute significantly to the morbidity and mortality of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The aim of the study was to identify the characteristics…
Abstract Number: 1344 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Positive Synovial Fluid Culture: Septic Arthritis or Contamination?
Clara Zhu¹, Mary Louise Fowler², Sarah B. Lieber³, Andrew Moore⁴, Robert H. Shmerling⁵ and Ziv Paz³, ¹Medical School, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²School of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁴Medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, ⁵Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Isolation of bacteria from synovial fluid (SF) is the gold standard for the diagnosis of septic arthritis (SA). However, false positive culture results (contamination)…
Abstract Number: 1345 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Impact of Prior Antibiotic Treatment on Culture Results of Patients with Septic Arthritis
Ziv Paz¹, Sarah B. Lieber¹, Andrew Moore², Clara Zhu³, Mary Louise Fowler⁴ and Robert H. Shmerling⁵, ¹Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, ³Medical School, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁴School of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁵Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Synovial fluid culture and gram stain offer the most compelling proof of septic arthritis (SA); these tests are indicated in every suspected case. However,…
Abstract Number: 1346 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Presentation and Outcomes of Surgically Treated Septic Arthritis: the Impact of Culture Results
Ziv Paz¹, Mary Louise Fowler², Clara Zhu³, Sarah B. Lieber¹, Andrew Moore⁴ and Robert H. Shmerling⁵, ¹Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²School of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Medical School, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁴Medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, ⁵Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Clinically-suspected septic arthritis is culture-negative in 18-43% of cases. These patients are often treated surgically with associated morbidity, prolonged hospital stays and high medical…

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