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Abstract Number: 1550 • ACR Convergence 2020
Change in Tophus Size Measured with Dual-energy CT and Ultrasound: A 1-year Multicenter Follow-up Study
Tristan Pascart¹, Pascal Richette², Sebastien Ottaviani³, Laurène Norberciak¹, Hang Korng EA⁴, Frédéric Lioté⁵, Jérémy Ora⁶, Julie Legrand¹, Valérie Bousson⁶, Elyas Mahdjoub⁷ and Jean--Francois Budzik⁸, ¹GHICL, Lomme, France, ²Department of Rheumatology, Lariboisière Hospital, Paris, France, ³Rheumatology Department, Bichat hospital, APHP, Paris, France, ⁴Universite de Paris, AP-HP, INSERM, paris, France, ⁵AP-HP, Paris, France, ⁶Lariboisière Hospital, Paris, France, ⁷Bichat Hospital, Paris, France, ⁸University of Lille, Lille, France
Background/Purpose: Dual-Energy computed tomography (DECT) and ultrasound are the two techniques able to identify and measure monosodium urate (MSU) crystal deposition, and both are considered…
Abstract Number: 1551 • ACR Convergence 2020
Rapid Effect of Tofacitinib in Reducing US Joint and Tendon Inflammatory Lesions of RA Patients: Data from a 24 Weeks Longitudinal Study
Giuseppe Germanò¹, Pierluigi Macchioni², Giovanni Ciancio³, Filippo Crescentini¹, Andrea Caruso², Beatrice Maranini⁴, Sara Bonazza⁴, Gilda Sandri⁵, Maria Teresa Mascia⁵, Govoni Marcello⁴ and Carlo Salvarani⁶, ¹Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia e Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, REGGIO NELL'EMILIA, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, ²Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia e Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, REGGIO NELL'EMILIA, Italy, ³Unità Operativa Complessa di Reumatologia Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria S. Anna -Ferrara, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, ⁴Unità Operativa Complessa di Reumatologia Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria S. Anna -Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, ⁵Struttura Complessa di Reumatologia- Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia- Policlinico di Modena, Modena, Italy, ⁶Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia e Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Background/Purpose: To explore the effects of tofacitinib (Tofa) on US lesions in a consecutive series of patients with active RA MTX and/or bioDMARDs -IR. Methods: In…
Abstract Number: 1552 • ACR Convergence 2020
Ultrasound Doppler Enthesitis Shows Sensitivity to Change After Biological Therapy in Spondyloarthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis Patients
Juan Molina Collada¹, Cristina Macía-Villa², Chamaida Plasencia³, Jose Maria Alvaro-Gracia⁴ and Eugenio De Miguel⁵, ¹Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Madrid, Spain, ³Rheumatology, La Paz University Hospital-IdiPAZ, madrid, Spain, ⁴CEIMI, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: The assessment of activity in spondyloarthritis (SpA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) involves several domains, including enthesitis. Clinical enthesitis has shown low sensitivity, specificity and…
Abstract Number: 1553 • ACR Convergence 2020
Optical Tomography Can Accurately Diagnose Lupus Arthritis
Wei Tang¹, Alessandro Marone², Youngwan Kim², Tommy Chen¹, Cathy Guo¹, Leila Khalili¹, Andreas Hielscher² and Anca Askanase³, ¹Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Columbia University, New York, NY, ³Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Incapacitating inflammatory arthritis occurs in up to 88% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Arthritis is present in 70-80% of lupus patients in…
Abstract Number: 1554 • ACR Convergence 2020
Response to Tocilizumab in Large Vessel Vasculitis According to the Extent of Baseline 18F-FDG Vascular Uptake
Lara Sanchez-Bilbao¹, Diana Prieto-Peña², Inigo Gonzalez-Mazon³, David Martinez-Lopez⁴, Monica Calderon-Goercke⁵, Isabel Martínez-Rodríguez⁵, Ignacio Banzo⁵, Miguel Ángel González-Gay⁶ and Ricardo Blanco¹, ¹Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²Research group on genetic epidemiology and atherosclerosis in systemic diseases and in metabolic bone diseases of the musculoskeletal system, IDIVAL; and Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Bezana, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander (SPAIN), Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
Background/Purpose: 18F-fluodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) is useful to establish the presence and extent of large vessel vasculitis (LVV). Tocilizumab (TCZ) has shown efficacy…
Abstract Number: 1555 • ACR Convergence 2020
18F-NaF PET/CT Identifies Active Calcium Uptake in Calcinosis Due to Dermatomyositis and Scleroderma
Carrie Richardson¹, Mehrbod Javadi², Ami Shah³, Lilja Solnes², Fredrick Wigley⁴, Laura Hummers⁵ and Lisa Christopher-Stine⁶, ¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, ³Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ellicott City, MD, ⁴Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Johns Hopkins Univerisity, Ellicott City, MD, ⁶Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Ectopic soft tissue deposition of hydroxyapatite (calcinosis) is a frequent and morbid complication of dermatomyositis and scleroderma with no known effective pharmacologic treatment. 18F-NaF…
Abstract Number: 1556 • ACR Convergence 2020
Assessing Calcinosis in Dermatomyositis with Computed Tomography and Calcium Scoring
Prateek Gowda¹, Briana Cervantes², Lisa G. Rider³, Frederick W. Miller⁴, Marcus Chen⁴ and Adam Schiffenbauer⁴, ¹NIBIB, Baltimore, MD, ²NIEHS, Silver Spring, MD, ³Environmental Autoimmunity Group, Clinical Research Branch, NIEHS, NIH, Garrett Park, MD, ⁴National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Calcinosis is a condition in which calcium salts are deposited in and around soft tissue and is observed in up to 30% of adult…
Abstract Number: 1557 • ACR Convergence 2020
Lymphatics as a Biomarker of Joint Physiology: Near-Infrared Imaging of Indocyanine Green Identifies Novel Routes of Lymphatic Drainage from Metacarpophalangeal Joints in Healthy Human Hands
H. Mark Kenney¹, Gregory Dieudonne¹, Ronald Wood¹, Edward Schwarz¹, Christopher Ritchlin² and Homaira Rahimi³, ¹University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, ²Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ³University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: In our previous work, we discovered that patients with active hand RA have reduced lymphatic drainage of indocyanine green (ICG) from the web spaces…
Abstract Number: 1558 • ACR Convergence 2020
Cinematic Rendering Enables Depiction of Bone Anabolic Effects in Patients Treated with Baricitinib
Sara Bayat¹, David Simon², Louis Schuster², Georg Schett³ and Arnd Kleyer², ¹Department of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ²Department of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Bayern, Germany, ³Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen- Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Preclinical studies show that tsDMARDs such as baricitinib may be a therapeutic agent for bone anabolic effects by increasing osteoblast function in inflammatory conditions.[1]…
Abstract Number: 1559 • ACR Convergence 2020
Fully Automatic Assessment of Nail Fold Capillaroscopy Software – Early Results
Olga Brzezińska¹, Krzysztof Rychlicki-Kicior² and Joanna Makowska¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Medical University of Lodz, Poland, Lodz, Lodzkie, Poland, ²University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw, Poland, Lodz, Poland
Background/Purpose: Changes in capillaroscopy nailfold image are a valuable element in the diagnostic procedure and monitoring of systemic sclerosis as well as other systemic diseases.…
Abstract Number: 1560 • ACR Convergence 2020
Measuring Asymmetry in Facial Morphea via 3D Stereophotogrammetry
Laila Abbas¹, Jennifer Day² and Heidi Jacobe³, ¹UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ³University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Morphea is an autoimmune disorder causing sclerosis and inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissue. Facial morphea can cause substantial disfigurement and negative impact on quality of life. Existing clinical measures such…
Abstract Number: 1561 • ACR Convergence 2020
Findings Compatible with Axial Spondyloarthritis in Radiologist Reports
Rouhin Sen¹, Emmeline Kim², Evan Manning³, Eric Anderson⁴, Kyle Maier⁵, Elizabeth Cheng⁶ and Liron Caplan⁶, ¹University of Colorado - Division of Rheumatology, Denver, CO, ²University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, ³University of Colorado - Department of Medicine, Denver, ⁴Washington University - Division of Rheumatology, St. Louis, ⁵United States Air Force, San Antonio, TX, ⁶Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: The sacroiliac joint (SIJ) has a distinct anatomical shape that can pose challenges to standard planar imaging techniques making the detection of subtle changes…
Abstract Number: 1562 • ACR Convergence 2020
Subclinical Joint Inflammation of Hands by Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis in Clinical Remission Compared to Active Disease
Victoria Furer¹, Ari Polachek², David Levartovsky¹, Jonathan Wollman³, Mirna Zureik³, Daphna Paran¹, Hagit Sarbagil-Maman⁴, Sara Borok Lev-Ran¹, Mark Berman¹, Ilana Kaufman⁵, Adi Broide³, Valerie Aloush¹, Yael Lahat goldstein¹, Sharon Nevo³, Iris Eshed⁶ and Ori Elkayam³, ¹Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ²Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel, ³Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel, ⁴Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Kiryat Ono, Israel, ⁵Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Petah-Tiqwa, Israel, ⁶Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Background/Purpose: Assessment of disease activity in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is based on tender and swollen joint counts (TJC and SJC, respectively). Yet, the prevalence of…
Abstract Number: 1563 • ACR Convergence 2020
High Impact Sports Leads to Inflammatory Responses at Entheseal Sites Results of the BEAT Study (Badminton Enthesitis Arthrosonography Study)
David Simon¹, Arnd Kleyer¹, Koray Tascilar¹, Sara Bayat², Johannes Knitza³, Larissa Valor-Mendez⁴, Marina Schweiger⁵, Georg Schett⁶ and Axel Hueber⁷, ¹Department of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Bayern, Germany, ²Department of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ³Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Immunology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Bayern, Germany, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Immunology, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen- Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁷Sektion Rheumatologie, Sozialstiftung Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Biomechanical stress triggers entheseal inflammation in psoriatic disease [1,2]. However, there is only limited data on the impact of mechanical stress on entheseal sites…
Abstract Number: 1564 • ACR Convergence 2020
Feasibility of Ultra-low-dose, Short-duration, Total-body Evaluation of Inflammatory Arthritis Using uEXPLORER 18F-FDG PET/CT
Soumajyoti Sarkar¹, Siba Raychaudhuri², Lorenzo Nardo³, Heather Hunt³, Denise Caudle⁴, Mike Nguyen⁴, Simon Cherry⁴, Ramsey Badawi⁴, Abhijit Chaudhari⁵ and Yasser Abdelhafez³, ¹University of California, Davis, Davis, ²Division of Rheumatology, Allergy & Clinical Immunology, University of California School of Medicine, Davis, and VA Medical Center Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, ³University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, ⁴University of California Davis, Sacramento, ⁵University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA
Background/Purpose: The uEXPLORER system enables the unique, simultaneous acquisition of PET data over the entire adult human body with a high-sensitivity, alongside concurrent CT data.…

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