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Abstract Number: 1248 • ACR Convergence 2022
A Retrospective Chart Review Examining How a Change in MRI Protocol Could Affect the Diagnosis of Axial Spondyloarthritis
Alexa Kouroukis¹, Manisha Mulgund², Leilani Famorca³, Pauline Boulos¹ and Viktoria Pavlova⁴, ¹McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²Trillium Health Partners, Ancaster, ON, Canada, ³McMaster University, Milton, ON, Canada, ⁴McMaster University, Ancaster, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton (SJHH) recently changed their MRI-axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) protocol, used to diagnose patients with axSpA, from an MRI of the spine…
Abstract Number: 1251 • ACR Convergence 2022
Venous Halo Sign Detected with Superb Microvascular Imaging in Behçet Syndrome
Yasemin Kayadibi¹, Yesim Ozguler², Melike Melikoglu³, Sinem Nihal Esatoglu³, Ahmet Ustundag¹, Ugur Kimyon⁴, Ayse Kalyoncu Ucar¹, Ibrahim Adaletli¹ and gulen Hatemi³, ¹Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Medical School, Department of Radiology, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York, NY, ³Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Medical School, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Superb microvascular imaging (SMI) is a novel technique that provides a more sensitive assessment of small vessels compared to color Doppler US (CDUS), by…
Abstract Number: 1250 • ACR Convergence 2022
Physiologic Adaptive Change of the Patellar and Achilles Tendons: Sensitivity to Change Detected by Computer Analysis of Sequential Static Images
CARLOS ANTONIO GUILLEN ASTETE, Africa Andreu Suarez and Marina Tortosa Cabanas, Ramon y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Ultrasound studies stratify the results of the evaluations in ordinal degrees of intensity of findings dependent on the evaluator's opinion. Computer analysis of static…
Abstract Number: 1253 • ACR Convergence 2022
Gray Intensity Ratio Indices as a Method of Discrimination Between Changes Induced by Sport and by Spondyloarthritis in Load-bearing Entheses
Marina Tortosa Cabanas, CARLOS ANTONIO GUILLEN ASTETE and Africa Andreu Suarez, Ramon y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Computer analysis of radiological images has been recently introduced in the study of patients with musculoskeletal pathologies. Our research group has shown that this…
Abstract Number: 1256 • ACR Convergence 2022
A Machine Learning Pipeline for Prediction of Bone Marrow Oedema Along the Sacroiliac Joints on Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Joris Roels¹, Ann-Sophie Kathleen De Craemer², Thomas Renson³, Manouk de Hooge⁴, Arne Gevaert¹, Lennart Jans³, Nele Herregods³, Thomas Van Den Berghe³, Philippe Carron³, Filip Van den bosch⁵, Yvan Saeys¹ and Dirk Elewaut⁶, ¹Center for Inflammation Research, UGent-VIB, Ghent, Belgium, ²Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium, ³Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ⁴Ghent University Hospital, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine and Paediatrics, Ghent University and VIB Centre for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent University, Heusden, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Detection and semi-quantitative assessment of bone marrow oedema (BMO) on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the sacroiliac (SI) joints is essential for the diagnosis…
Abstract Number: 1255 • ACR Convergence 2022
Rheumatologists Overcall Sacroiliitis on X-ray and MRI in Axial Spondyloarthritis Patients: Data from the BelGian Inflammatory Arthritis and SpoNdylitis cohorT (Be-GIANT)
Ann-Sophie Kathleen De Craemer¹, Manouk de Hooge², Thomas Renson³, Liselotte Deroo⁴, Gaelle Varkas³, Liesbet Van Praet⁵, Rik Joos⁶, Jan Lenaerts⁷, Mieke Devinck⁸, Lieve Gyselbrecht⁹, isabelle peene³, Kristof Thevissen¹⁰, Philippe Carron³, Filip Van den bosch¹¹ and Dirk Elewaut¹², ¹Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium, ²Ghent University Hospital, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, ³Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ⁴Ghent University, Gent, Belgium, ⁵AZ Maria Middelares, Ghent, Belgium, ⁶Ghent University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland, ⁷Reuma Instituut Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium, ⁸AZ Sint-Lucas, Brugge, Belgium, ⁹ASZ Aalst, Aalst, Belgium, ¹⁰Reumacentrum Genk, Genk, Belgium, ¹¹Department of Internal Medicine and Paediatrics, Ghent University and VIB Centre for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent University, Heusden, Belgium
Background/Purpose: To investigate (1) agreement between local and central reading of sacroiliac joint images (X-ray and magnetic resonance imaging [MRI]) from axial spondylarthritis (axSpA) patients,…
Abstract Number: 1254 • ACR Convergence 2022
Ultra High‐Frequency Ultrasound of Labial Salivary Glands in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome: A Promising Tool to Identify Lymphoproliferative Lesions in Unusual Sites
Giovanni Fulvio¹, Rossana Izzetti², Francesco Ferro³, Gianmaria Governato⁴, Gaetano La Rocca⁵, Silvia Fonzetti⁶, Inmaculada Concepción Navarro García⁷, Marta Mosca⁸, Valentina Donati⁹ and Chiara Baldini¹, ¹University of Pisa, Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ²Unit of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Pisa, Toscana, Italy, ³Clinical and Experimental Medicine Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ⁴Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ⁵University of Pisa, Rheumatology Unit, Palermo, Palermo, Italy, ⁶Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy, ⁷Clinical and Experimental Medicine Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy, ⁸Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ⁹Pathology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Background/Purpose: Major salivary gland (MSG) ultrasound (US) is a useful tool in Sjögren's syndrome (SS) diagnostic work-up. Interestingly, in a recent case series, specific US…
Abstract Number: 1252 • ACR Convergence 2022
Interrater Agreement of Hand Ultrasounds in Inflammatory Arthritis
Annie H Yang¹, Norman Madsen², Bethany Marston¹, Brian H. Nathanson³, Darren Tabechian⁴ and Allen Anandarajah⁵, ¹University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ²University of Rochester, NY, Rochester, NY, ³OptiStatim, LLC, Longmeadow, MA, ⁴URMC, Rochester, NY, ⁵University of Rochester, Rochester
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal ultrasound (US) is an imaging modality that is more sensitive in identifying synovitis due to inflammatory arthritis than clinical examination. Little is known…
Abstract Number: 1240 • ACR Convergence 2022
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Test Accuracy for the Diagnosis of Cardiac Sarcoidosis
Omar Abialmouna¹, Mohamad Kalot², Mohamad Hamade³, Ronak Bahuva², Ariba Hasmi², Aamir Ahmed², Zachary Brumberger², Jordan Troy², Ali Choaib⁴, Ronak Bharucha², Ross Moyer², Karin Provost², Brian Page² and Umesh Sharma², ¹University at Buffalo, North Tonawanda, NY, ²University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, ³University of Miami, Miami, FL, ⁴Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon
Background/Purpose: Autopsy reports for patients with sarcoidosis have suggested that up to 25% have cardiac involvement, mostly undiagnosed. Given the limited diagnostic accuracy of endomyocardial…
Abstract Number: 1218 • ACR Convergence 2022
Prevalence and Impact of Widespread Pain and Fibromyalgia on Measurement of Disease Severity in Psoriatic Arthritis: Lessons from the CorEvitas Registry
Philip J Mease¹, Alexis Ogdie², Dimitrios Pappas³, George Reed⁴ and Joel Kremer⁵, ¹Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health, Seattle, WA, ²Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³CorEvitas, LLC, Waltham, MA, ⁴The Corrona Research Foundation and University of Massachusetts, Albany, NY, ⁵The Corrona Research Foundation, Delray Beach, FL
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) occurs concomitantly with inflammatory rheumatic disease, including psoriatic arthritis (PsA), in up to 20% of patients and chronic widespread pain (CWP) in…
Abstract Number: 1263 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impact of Cardiovascular Risk on the Diagnostic Accuracy of the Ultrasound Halo Score for Giant Cell Arteritis
Juan Molina¹, KATERINE FABIOLA LOPEZ GLORIA², Isabel Castrejon³, Juan Carlos Nieto González¹, Julia Martinez-Barrio¹, Ana M Anzola Alfaro⁴, Javier Rivera⁴ and José María Älvaro-Gracia¹, ¹Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ²Department of Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the impact of cardiovascular risk (CVR) on the diagnostic accuracy of the ultrasonographic (US) Halo Score in patients with suspected giant cell…
Abstract Number: 1260 • ACR Convergence 2022
Tenderness and Radiographic Progression in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis
Irina Gessl¹, Mihaela Popescu², Gabriela supp³, Thomas Deimel¹, Paul Studenic¹, Martina Durechova³, michael zauner³, Josef Smolen¹ and Peter Mandl¹, ¹Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Background/Purpose: In inflammatory arthritis swelling is regarded as a sign of synovitis and is associated with radiographic progression. However, the association of tenderness with radiographic…
Abstract Number: 1264 • ACR Convergence 2022
Does Vein Wall Thickness Have Prognostic Value in Behcet’s Disease? A Prospective Follow up Study
Kerem Abacar¹, Rabia Ergelen², Fatma Temiz², Yasin Yildiz², Tulin Ergun³, Haner Direskeneli⁴ and Fatma Alibaz-Oner¹, ¹Marmara University, Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Marmara University, School of Medicine, Departmant of Internal Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Marmara University, School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Marmara University, Rheumatology, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: We reported the first controlled ultrasound study showing increased common femoral vein(CFV) thickness in Behçet's Disease(BD),1 and showed that this is a distinctive feature…
Abstract Number: 1265 • ACR Convergence 2022
External Validation of a Giant Cell Arteritis Probability Score (GCAPS) to Risk Stratify GCA Referrals: Experience from a United Kingdom Fast Track Clinic
Edward Appleby¹ and Qasim Akram², ¹Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, Altrincham, United Kingdom, ²NHS- Stockport, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) is the most common large vessel vasculitis which can result in irreversible blindness if not diagnosed and treated promptly. We…
Abstract Number: 1261 • ACR Convergence 2022
Scoring Structural Damage in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Ultrasound: Results from a Delphi Process and Web-Based Reliability Exercise by the OMERACT Ultrasound Working Group
Peter Mandl¹, Irina Gessl¹, Georgios Filippou², Silvia Sirotti³, Lene Terslev⁴, Carlos Pineda⁵, Helen Keen⁶, Marina Backhaus⁷, David Bong⁸, Edoardo Cipolletta⁹, Paz Collado¹⁰, Christian Dejaco¹¹, Andrea Delle Sedie¹², Christina Duftner¹³, Hilde Berner Hammer¹⁴, Annmaria Iagnocco¹⁵, Zunaid Karim¹⁶, Esperanza Naredo¹⁷, Wolfgang Schmidt¹⁸, Marcin Szkudlarek¹⁹, Giorgio Tamborrini²⁰, Priscilla Wong²¹, Emilio Filippucci⁹, Peter Balint²² and Maria-Antonietta D'Agostino²³, ¹Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²Rheumatology Department, Luigi Sacco University Hospital, Siena, Italy, ³Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy, ⁴Copenhagen University Hospital Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁵Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ⁶University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, ⁷Park-Klinik Weissensee Academic Hospital of the Charité, Berlin, Germany, ⁸Instituto Poal de Reumatologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁹Polytechnic University of Marche, Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, "Carlo Urbani" Hospital, Jesi, Italy, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Madrid, Spain, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital of Brunico (SABES-ASDAA), Brunico, Italy, and Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, ¹²University of Pisa, Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ¹³Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, ¹⁴Diakonhjemmet hospital, Jar, Norway, ¹⁵Academic Rheumatology Centre, University of Turin, Turin, Italy, ¹⁶Department of Rheumatology, Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust, Yorkshire, United Kingdom, ¹⁷Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón and Complutense University, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁸Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Centre for Rheumatology, Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany, ¹⁹Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital at Køge, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²⁰Ultrasound Center and Institute for Rheumatology, Basel, Switzerland, ²¹Division of Rheumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong-Kong, Hong Kong, ²²3rd. Department of Rheumatology, National Institute of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy, Budapest, Hungary, ²³Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Roma, Italy
Background/Purpose: Structural damage in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) includes bone erosions, cartilage changes, and joint malalignment; historically evaluated with conventional radiography. Ultrasound (US) has been shown…

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