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Abstract Number: 2240 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Systematic Review of Skin Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infection in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: An Unusual Skin Infection Mimicking Lupus Vasculitis
Zahi Touma¹, Amir Haddad², Dafna D. Gladman³, Elizabeth Uleryk⁴ and Murray B. Urowitz⁵, ¹Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Centre for Prognosis Studies in The Rheumatic Diseases, Toronto Western Research Institute, University of Toronto, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Hospital Library and Archives, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) have become pathogens frequently associated with skin infection in patients on immunosuppression. NTM is not unusual in lupus patients and the…
Abstract Number: 2241 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy of Belimumab in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients with High Baseline Disease Activity
Ann E. Clarke¹, Susan Manzi², Michelle Petri³, Richard Furie⁴, Ronald F. van Vollenhoven⁵, Simon Cooper⁶, Z. John Zhong⁶, William W. Freimuth⁶ and Arthur Weinstein⁷, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Alberta, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴North Shore-LIJ Health System, Lake Success, NY, ⁵Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁶Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Rockville, MD, ⁷Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: To assess the efficacy of belimumab in patients with SLE who had high disease activity at baseline, as defined by SELENA-SLEDAI score ≥10. Methods: In…
Abstract Number: 2202 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Classification Criteria for Sjögren’s Syndrome: Comparison of the Performance of the 2002 American-European Consensus Group Criteria (AECG) and the 2012 ACR Criteria
Elke Theander¹, Peter Olsson² and Thomas Mandl³, ¹Section of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, ²Section of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, ³Dept of Rheumatology, Skåne University Hospital Malmo, Lund University, Sweden, Malmö, Sweden
Background/Purpose: To assess level of agreement between 2002 AECC and 2012 ACR criteria for primary Sjögren's Syndrome syndrome (pSS) within the Malmö Sjögren's Syndrome RegistryMethods…
Abstract Number: 2203 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effects of Reclassification Using the American College of Rheumatology Criteria On a Large cohort Sjögren’s Syndrome Patients
Astrid Rasmussen¹, John A. Ice¹, He Li², Kiely Grundahl³, Jennifer A. Kelly⁴, Lida Radfar⁵, Kimberly S. Hefner⁶, Donald U. Stone⁷, Juan-Manuel Anaya⁸, Michael Rohrer⁹, Glen D. Houston¹⁰, David M. Lewis¹¹, James Chodosh¹², John B. Harley¹³, Pamela Hughes⁹, Jacen S. Maier-Moore⁵, Courtney G. Montgomery¹, Nelson L. Rhodus¹⁴, A. Darise Farris¹⁵, Barbara M. Segal¹⁶, Christopher J. Lessard¹⁷, R. Hal Scofield¹⁸ and Kathy Moser Sivils⁴, ¹Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma CIty, OK, ³Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, oklahoma CIty, OK, ⁴Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁶Hefner Eye Care and Optical Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁷Ophthalmology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁸School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad del Rosario. Center for Autoimmune Diseases Research (CREA), Bogotá, Colombia, ⁹Diagnostic and Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ¹⁰Collage of Denistry, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹¹College of Dentistry, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹²Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ¹³Division of Rheumatology and The Center for Autoimmune Genomics & Etiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ¹⁴University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ¹⁵Arthritis & Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foun, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹⁶Rheumatology, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, ¹⁷Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation; University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹⁸Arthritis & Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foun, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: There is no single clinical diagnostic test for primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS). For research purposes, multiple classification criteria have been proposed over the past…
Abstract Number: 2204 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Overall Agreement Between Sjögrens’s Minor Salivary Gland Biopsy and 2002 and 2012 Classification Criteria
Laura Aline Martinez¹, Candido Flores², Alberto Arana Fraustro³ and Luis H. Silveira⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacion Chavez, Mexico City, Mexico, ²Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez, Mexico City, Mexico, ³Pathology, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁴Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) is an inflammatory autoimmune disease characterized by lymphoid infiltration of exocrine glands, although extraglandular involvement is frequently observed. Prevalence is around…
Abstract Number: 2205 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Longitudinal Evaluation of the Performance of Different Classification Criteria in Patients with Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome
Martina Plešivčnik Novljan¹, ŽIga Rotar², Aleš Ambrožič¹, Gaj Vidmar³ and Matija Tomšič¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia, ²Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ³University Rehabilitation Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Background/Purpose: Over the past 3 decades, 10 different classification criteria for Sjögren's syndrome (SS) had been proposed. In 2001 and 2002 222 consecutive patients suspected…
Abstract Number: 2206 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Patients Fulfilling the Imaging-Arm and Patients Fulfilling the HLA-B27+ Arm of the Assessment of Spondyloarthritis International Society Axial Spondyloarthritis Classification Criteria: Are They Similar?
Rosaline van den Berg¹, Manouk de Hooge¹, Floris van Gaalen¹, Monique Reijnierse², Tom Huizinga¹ and Désirée van der Heijde¹, ¹Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: It is possible to classify patients as having spondyloarthritis (SpA) according to the ASAS axial SpA (axSpA) criteria HLA-B27+ arm without any signs of…
Abstract Number: 2207 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
How Useful Is Imaging of the Sacroiliac Joints (MRI and/or X-ray) in Patients with Possible Spondyloarthritis in the Diagnostic Work-up?
Rosaline van den Berg¹, Manouk de Hooge¹, Victoria Navarro-Compán¹, Floris van Gaalen¹, Monique Reijnierse², Tom Huizinga¹ and Désirée van der Heijde¹, ¹Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: In daily practice, the diagnostic work-up of patients with possible axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) starts with clinical and laboratory data. In many patients MRI and/or…
Abstract Number: 2208 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Referral Patterns and Diagnosis of Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis: Results of an International Survey
Désirée van der Heijde¹, Joachim Sieper², Dirk Elewaut³, Aileen L. Pangan⁴ and Dianne Nguyen⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Medical Department I, Rheumatology, Charité Universitätesmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ⁴Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL, ⁵Abbott Laboratories, Singapore, Singapore
Background/Purpose: This analysis compares referral patterns and diagnostic tools for axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) used by rheumatologists working in academic centers and in community clinical practice…
Abstract Number: 2209 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessing Active Inflammation in Sacroiliac Joints in Spondyloarthritis Patients: No Added Value of Gadolinium Compared to Short Tau Inversion Recovery Sequence
Manouk de Hooge¹, Rosaline van den Berg¹, Victoria Navarro-Compán¹, Floris van Gaalen¹, Désirée van der Heijde¹, Tom Huizinga¹ and Monique Reijnierse², ¹Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: MRI is used as a diagnostic tool to detect active disease of the sacroiliac joint. T1 weighted and STIR images are generally used and…
Abstract Number: 2210 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Canada-Denmark Fat Spondyloarthritis Spine Score: Validation of a New Scoring Method for the Evaluation of Fat Lesions in the Spine of Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis
Susanne Juhl Pedersen¹, Zheng Zhao², Robert GW Lambert³, Mikkel Østergaard⁴, Ulrich Weber⁵ and Walter P. Maksymowych⁶, ¹Dept. of Rheumatology, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Department of Rheumatology, University of Alberta and PLA General Hospital, Beijing, PR China, Beijing, AB, China, ³Radiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Glostrup Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁵Rheumatology, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁶Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Fat metaplasia has been shown to follow resolution of inflammation in axial SpA and this may be evident within one year (1). Fat metaplasia…
Abstract Number: 2211 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Is It Useful to Repeat an MRI of the Sacroiliac Joints in the Diagnostic Work-up for Spondyloarthritis?
Rosaline van den Berg¹, Manouk de Hooge¹, Victoria Navarro-Compán¹, Floris van Gaalen¹, Monique Reijnierse², Tom Huizinga¹ and Désirée van der Heijde¹, ¹Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: In the diagnostic work-up of spondyloarthritis (SpA), imaging of the sacroiliac joints by MRI (MRI-SIJ) is an important step. One study showed that in…
Abstract Number: 2212 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
How Much Does the Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada Score of the Sacroiliac Joints Change Over a 3-Month Period in Patients On Non-Biological Treatment?
Rosaline van den Berg¹, Manouk de Hooge¹, Victoria Navarro-Compán¹, Floris van Gaalen¹, Monique Reijnierse², Tom Huizinga¹ and Désirée van der Heijde¹, ¹Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The SpondyloArthritis Research Consortium of Canada (SPARCC) score of the sacroiliac joints (SIJ) is often used in clinical trials to detect changes over time.…
Abstract Number: 2213 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ankylosing Spondylitis Is Strongly Related to Clinical Spine Fractures Independently of Drugs Use: A Register-Based Case-Control Study
Daniel Prieto-Alhambra¹, Juan Muñoz-Ortego², Cyrus Cooper³, Adolfo Díez-Pérez⁴ and Peter Vestergaard⁵, ¹Internal Medicine; Primary Care; NDORMS Dept; MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, URFOA-IMIM, Parc de Salut Mar; Idiap Jordi Gol; University of Oxford; University of Southampton, Barcelona, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Hospital Sagrat Cor, Barcelona (Spain), Spain, ³NDORMS; MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford; Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom, ⁴Internal Medicine, Hospital del Mar-IMIM, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; and RETICEF, ISCIII Madrid; Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Endocrinology and Internal Medicine (MEA), Aarhus University Hospital THG, Aarhus (Denmark), Aarhus, Denmark
TITLE: "Ankylosing Spondylitis is strongly related to clinical spine fractures independently of drugs use: a register-based case-control study."Background/Purpose: Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is associated not only…
Abstract Number: 2214 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Similar Levels of Disease Activity in Patients with Oligoarticular Vs. Polyarticular Peripheral Spondyloarthritis
Filip Van den Bosch¹, Philip J. Mease², Désirée van der Heijde³, Martin Rudwaleit⁴, Katie Obermeyer⁵ and Aileen L. Pangan⁵, ¹Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ²Rheumatology Research, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA, ³Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Endokrinologikum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL
Background/Purpose: The ASAS criteria for peripheral spondyloarthritis (SpA) allow for classification of patients with SpA who present with peripheral arthritis, enthesitis and/or dactylitis.1 ABILITY-2, a…

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