Abstract Number: 2029 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) and Inflammation of Unknown Origin (IUO): Is 18f-FDG-PET/CT a Useful First Line Diagnostic Strategy?
Background/Purpose: FUO and IUO are rare but diagnostically challenging clinical problems. Because of the abundance of differential diagnoses, a generally accepted diagnostic guideline has not…Abstract Number: 2030 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
MRI Changes Associated with Neurological Compromise in Acute Pyogenic Vertebral Osteomyelitis: A Retrospective Study of 121 Patients
Background/Purpose: Vertebral osteomyelitis is a rare but potentially severe disease: previous works have estimated that neurological complications occurred in up to 59% cases. However, these works…Abstract Number: 2031 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tuberculosis in Patients Treated with Biological Drugs
Background/Purpose: Opportunistic infections are a major risk in with biological drugs therapy, being tuberculosis (TB) one of the most relevant. Objectives: evaluate the frequency of…Abstract Number: 2032 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Chaperonin Protein 14-3-3eta, Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibody, and Rheumatoid Factor in the Differential Diagnosis of Chikungunya Arthritis Versus Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Chikungunya fever virus (CHIK) is emerging in the western hemisphere as a mosquito-borne, acute onset arthritis. The majority of cases progress to persistent moderate…Abstract Number: 2033 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Manifestations Associated with Peripheral Joint Involvement in Patients with Acute Chikungunya Virus Infection
Background/Purpose: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection causes an acute febrile illness usually accompanied by severe polyarthralgia and polyarthritis. Previous studies have shown that older age, female…Abstract Number: 2034 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Diseases Do Not Cause Positive Autoantibody Testing, Results from a Tertiary Pulmonary Care Center
Background/Purpose: National Jewish Health (NJH) is a tertiary referral center for pulmonary and immunologic disease. The infectious disease division at NJH specializes in the care…Abstract Number: 2035 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Polyarticular Septic Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Polyarticular septic arthritis (polySA) is rare, but clinically important, with reported mortality rates approaching 30% even with appropriate therapy. Little is known regarding how…Abstract Number: 2036 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Infliximab Versus Adalimumab in Severe Uveitis: Multicenter Study from the French Uveitis Network
Background/Purpose: Anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) molecules have become a valuable addition to the therapeutic armamentarium for patients with severe uveitis. However, direct comparison of safety…Abstract Number: 2037 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rheumatic Manifestations May be the First Clinical Presentation of Arterial Calcification Due to CD73 Deficiency
Background/Purpose: ACDC is a hereditary ectopic mineralization syndrome caused by mutations in the NT5E gene that encodes CD73. CD73 is a membrane bound 5'…Abstract Number: 2038 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Adalimumab in Patients with Active, Noninfectious Uveitis Using High-Dose Corticosteroids
Background/Purpose: Corticosteroids, currently the mainstay of uveitis treatment, are associated with adverse events and are not always fully effective. Multiple reports describe the use of…Abstract Number: 2039 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effect of Adalimumab on Visual Functioning (VFQ-25) in Visual-1 Trial Patients with Non-Anterior Non-Infectious Uveitis
Background/Purpose: To compare the effects of adalimumab and placebo on the National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire 25 (VFQ-25) in subjects requiring high dose corticosteroids…Abstract Number: 2040 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
T Follicular Helper like CD4+CXCR5+pd-1+ Cells and T Follicular Helper like Type 2 Cells Subsets Are Increased in IgG4-Related Disease Patients
Background/Purpose: IgG4 related disease (IgG4-RD) is associated with characteristic pathological changes including lymphoplasmocytic infiltration with abundant IgG4 positive plasma cells, storiform fibrosis and obliterative phlebitis.…Abstract Number: 2041 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Baseline Clinical and Laboratory Features of IgG4-Related Disease: Retrospective Japanese Multicenter Study of 333 Cases
Background/Purpose: IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a widely recognized systemic inflammatory disorder. However, owing to its extremely diverse clinical picture, each clinician encounters a clinically distinct…Abstract Number: 2042 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pancreatitis Subtypes Survey in 852 Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients: A Multicenter Cohort
Background/Purpose: Pancreatitis is uncommon and a life-threatening SLE manifestation in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (c-SLE) and it has been restricted to case reports or case…Abstract Number: 2043 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cell-Bound Complement Activation Products Have High Sensitivity and Specificity in Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Elevated levels of cell-bound complement activation products (C4d deposition on erythrocytes [EC4d] and B lymphocytes [BC4d], CBCAPS) have been demonstrated to be sensitive and…
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