Abstracts tagged "Calcinosis and scleroderma"

Abstract Number: 2969 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
X-Ray Diffraction of Spontaneously Draining Calcinosis in Patients with Scleroderma
Vivien Hsu¹, Thomas Emge² and Naomi Schlesinger³, ¹Medicine, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, ²Dept of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers- the State University, Piscataway, NJ, ³Medicine, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ
Background/Purpose: Calcinosis is caused by deposition of calcified materials in the soft tissues (1). Hydroxyapatite (HA) is reported to be its major constituent (2). Mechanical…
Abstract Number: 1686 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
DUAL Energy Computed Tomography for the Evaluation of Calcinosis in Systemic Sclerosis
Vivien Hsu¹, Mark Bramwit² and Naomi Schlesinger³, ¹Rheumatology, RWJ Med Schl Scleroderma Prog, New Brunswick, NJ, ²Radiology, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ, ³Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ
Background/Purpose: To better characterize the soft tissue details of systemic sclerosis--related (SSc) calcinosis of the hands using dual-energy computer tomography (DECT). DECT is an imaging…
Abstract Number: 684 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Characteristics Of Scleroderma Patients With Calcinosis In a Single-Center Cohort
Danielle Velez¹ and Vivien M. Hsu², ¹RWJMS, South Plainfield, NJ, ²Rheumatology, RWJ Med Schl Scleroderma Prog, New Brunswick, NJ
Clinical characteristics of scleroderma patients with calcinosis in a single-center cohort Background/Purpose: Calcinosis is soft tissue deposition of calcium hydroxyapatite crystals in scleroderma spectrum disorder…

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