Abstracts tagged "calcinosis"

Abstract Number: 1586 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Relationship Between the Presence, Quantity and Distribution of Cutaneous Telangiectasia and Other Vascular Manifestations of Systemic Sclerosis
Matthew Wells¹, Robyn Domsic², Ami Shah³, Laura Hummers⁴, Aishwarya Anilkumar¹, Tracy Frech⁵, Ariane Herrick⁶, Christopher Denton⁷, Dinesh Khanna⁸ and John Pauling¹, ¹North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom, ²Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Ellicott City, MD, ⁴Johns Hopkins University, Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, Ellicott City, MD, ⁵Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ⁶University of Manchester, UK, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ⁷University College London, Northwood, United Kingdom, ⁸University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Telangiectasia are permanently dilated dermal postcapillary venules and are the 2nd most common manifestation (~80%) of systemic sclerosis (SSc) after Raynaud’s phenomenon (RP). The…
Abstract Number: 2069 • ACR Convergence 2024
Cancer Risk and Screening Effectiveness in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy: Validating IMACS Guidelines in a Retrospective Indian Cohort
Lovely Kumari¹, VISHNU KONERU², subin Philip¹, sai Kumar Dunga³, Mamatha gorijavulu⁴, Aishwarya Gopal⁵, Christina Mariaselvam⁶, Molly Thabah⁷, Vir Singh Negi⁸ and Chengappa Kavadichanda⁹, ¹JIPMER,PUDUCHERRY, PUDUCHERRY, Puducherry, India, ²JIPMER,PUDUCHERRY, PUDUCHERRY, India, ³JIPMER,PUDUCHERRY, VIZAG, Andhra Pradesh, India, ⁴JIPMER,PUDUCHERRY, HYDERABAD, Andhra Pradesh, India, ⁵Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, Puducherry, India, ⁶JIPMER, Puducherry, Puducherry, India, ⁷Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, Puducherry, India, ⁸AIIMS BILASPUR, BILASPUR, Himachal Pradesh, India, ⁹Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, pondicherry, Puducherry, India
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) carries an elevated cancer risk. The International Myositis Assessment and Clinical Studies Group (IMACS) has issued evidence-based guidelines for cancer…
Abstract Number: 2688 • ACR Convergence 2024
HLA-DRB4: A Novel Susceptibility Locus in Systemic Sclerosis Patients with Severe Calcinosis
Sara Faghihi-Kashani¹, srijana davluri², Kamini Kuchinad³, Zuoming deng⁴, Faiza Naz⁴, Stefania Dell'Orso⁴, Zsuzsanna McMahan⁵, Laura Hummers⁶, Daniel Kastner⁷, Fredrick Wigley³, david fiorentino⁸, Christian Lood⁹, Ami Shah¹⁰, Lorinda Chung¹¹ and Pravitt Gourh⁴, ¹Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, San Francisco, CA, ²Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, Sunnyvale, CA, ³Johns Hopkins University, Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, Baltimore, MD, ⁴National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, MD, ⁵UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ⁶Johns Hopkins University, Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, Ellicott City, MD, ⁷National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, MD, ⁸Department of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, Palo Alto, CA, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Seattle, WA, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Ellicott City, MD, ¹¹Stanford University, Woodside, CA
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a complex autoimmune disease. Class II HLA alleles have been reported to play an important role in SSc pathogenesis. Calcinosis, deposition of…
Abstract Number: 0284 • ACR Convergence 2023
Phenotyping Calcinosis: A Rare Manifestation of Rare Diseases
Michele Diomedi¹, Federico Fattorini¹, Simone Barsotti², Elenia Laurino¹, Chiara Cardelli¹, Linda Carli¹ and Marta Mosca¹, ¹Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ²Internal Medicine, Ospedale di Livorno, Pisa, Italy
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are rare systemic autoimmune disorders, with a pleiotropic clinical picture, specifically characterized from the inflammatory involvement of striate muscles. Calcinosis…
Abstract Number: 0301 • ACR Convergence 2023
Inflammatory Myopathies and Their Relationship with Cancer in a Colombian Cohort
Bolaños Juan D.¹, Rivera-Londoño Robert¹, Ivana Nieto-Aristizabal¹, Karol Enriquez², Santiago Zura², Alex Echeverri¹, Andrés Hormaza-Jaramillo¹ and David Aguirre-Valencia¹, ¹Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia, ²Universidad ICESI, Cali, Colombia
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory myopathies (IM) constitute a heterogeneous group of autoimmune muscle diseases. These can occur in isolation, associated with other autoimmune disorders, or as a…
Abstract Number: 0610 • ACR Convergence 2023
Nailfold Capillaroscopy for Prediction of Novel Severe Organ Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis
Cristiana Sieiro Santos¹, Rúben Rego Salgueiro², Clara Moriano Morales³, Carolina Álvarez Castro³ and Elvira Díez Álvarez³, ¹Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Spain, ²ULS Guarda, Guarda, Portugal, ³CAULE, León, Spain
Background/Purpose: Nailfold capillaroscopy (NFC) has been suggested as a potential biomarker of disease severity in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Several studies report the association between capillary…
Abstract Number: 0616 • ACR Convergence 2023
Does Systemic Sclerosis Affect the Interpretation of Mammograms? A Retrospective Cohort Study
Lea Meir¹, Tegveer Sandhu², Weiwei Chi² and Gabriela Santiago², ¹Icahn School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis is an autoimmune disorder marked by thickened and hardened skin. Cutaneous cutis, the deposition of insoluble calcium salts in the skin and…
Abstract Number: 0992 • ACR Convergence 2023
Association Between Metabolic Syndrome and the Presence of Enthesophytes on Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Compared to Joint X-ray
Sean Brown¹, John Hardin² and Shereen Mahmood³, ¹Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ²Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ³Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Enthesophytes consist of calcium deposition on tendons or ligaments that are proposed to form in response to localized inflammation of the enthesis, either idiopathic…
Abstract Number: 1246 • ACR Convergence 2023
Assessment and Outcomes of 63 Cases of Juvenile Dermatomyositis-Associated Calcinosis
Belina Yi¹, Dawn Wahezi², Lauren Covert³, Kaveh Ardalan⁴, Joyce Hui-Yuen⁵, Natalia Vasquez Canizares⁶, Doaa Mosad Mosa⁷, Madison Jones⁸, Colleen Correll⁹, Alexis Begezda¹⁰, Susan Shenoi¹¹, Eveline Wu¹², Leonard Kovalick¹³, William Lapin¹⁴, Stacey Tarvin¹⁵, Melissa Oliver¹⁶, Martha Rodriguez¹⁷, Itay Marmor¹⁸, Kevin Baszis¹⁹, Alysha Taxter²⁰, Andrew Hanson²¹, Cynthia Crowson²² and Amir Orandi²², ¹Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Children's Hospital at Montefiore, New Rochelle, NY, ³Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁴Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ⁵North Shore LIJ Health System, Great Neck, NY, ⁶Children's Hospital at Montefiore, New York, NY, ⁷Mansoura University Hospitals, Mansoura University Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura city, Egypt, ⁸Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁹University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ¹⁰Penn State, Hummelstown, PA, ¹¹Seattle Childrens Hospital, Mercer Island, WA, ¹²University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, ¹³UNC Health Care, Durham, NC, ¹⁴Connecticut Children's, Hartford, CT, ¹⁵Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN, ¹⁶Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ¹⁷Indiana University School of Medicine, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN, ¹⁸Dana-Dwek Children's Hospital, Hod Hasharon, Israel, ¹⁹Washington Univ in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, ²⁰Nationwide Children's, Columbus, OH, ²¹Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Calcinosis is a poorly understood and morbid complication of juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM). As there is no consensus treatment approach for calcinosis, and limited knowledge…
Abstract Number: 1255 • ACR Convergence 2023
Clinical Characteristics and Disease Outcomes of anti-NXP2 Positive Juvenile Dermatomyositis: A Single Center Cohort
Sarah Molina¹, Dawn Gist², Marietta De Guzman³, Eyal Muscal⁴, Jamie Lai² and Maria Pereira³, ¹Baylor College of Medicine - Pediatrics Residency Program, Houston, TX, ²Baylor College of Medicine / Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, ³Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is a rare idiopathic inflammatory myopathy with clinically heterogeneous presentations that can be categorized by myositis-specific antibodies (MSAs). NXP2 is among…
Abstract Number: 1525 • ACR Convergence 2023
Chelation Therapy in the Management of Calcinosis Associated with Systemic Sclerosis
Alison Fernandes, Ashraf El-Meanawy and ME Csuka, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Background/Purpose: Calcinosis is a common complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc), though effective treatment options are limited. Of the several medical therapies that have been employed…
Abstract Number: 2360 • ACR Convergence 2023
Systemic Sclerosis Macrophages Stimulate Calcinosis in Adipose Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells via the Activin a Pathway
Tamara Searle¹, Ujvalla Kalluri¹, Sonia Ahmad², Bahja Ahmed Abdi¹, Sandra Lopez¹, Shiwen Xu¹, Teresa Collins¹, Jennifer Cross³, George Martin⁴, Henry Lopez⁵, Clayton Yates⁶ and Richard Stratton¹, ¹University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh, ³Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc., Rockford, MD, ⁴Riptide Bioscience Inc., Bethesda, MD, ⁵Riptide Bioscience Inc., Valejo, CA, ⁶Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL
Background/Purpose: Calcinosis may result from localised trans-differentiation of tissue resident stem cells in the subcutaneous layer of affected skin in systemic sclerosis (SSc), as a…
Abstract Number: 027 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Identifying and Understanding JDM in Africa: A Survey of Rheumatology Care Providers from Africa
Jessica Perfetto¹, Laura Lewandowski², Dawn Wahezi¹, Christiaan Scott³ and Angela Migowa⁴, ¹Children's Hospital at Montefiore, New York, NY, ²NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, ⁴Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya
Background/Purpose: There is a paucity of data on pediatric rheumatic disease (PRD) in low and middle-income countries (LMIC), creating a false perception of low prevalence…
Abstract Number: 008 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Treatment Response and Outcomes of 63 Cases of Juvenile Dermatomyositis-Associated Calcinosis
Belina Yi¹, Dawn Wahezi², Lauren Covert³, Kaveh Ardalan⁴, Joyce Hui-Yuen⁵, Natalia Vasquez Canizares², Doaa Mosad Mosa⁶, Madison Jones⁷, Colleen Correll⁸, Alexis Begezda⁹, Susan Shenoi¹⁰, Eveline Wu¹¹, Leonard Kovalick¹², William Lapin¹³, Stacey Tarvin¹⁴, Melissa Oliver¹⁵, Martha Rodriguez¹⁴, Itay Marmor¹⁶, Kevin Baszis¹⁷, Alysha Taxter¹⁸, Andrew Hanson¹⁹, Cynthia Crowson¹⁹ and Amir Orandi¹⁹, ¹Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Children's Hospital at Montefiore, New York, NY, ³Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁴Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ⁵Cohen Children's Medical Center, Northwell Health, Lake Success, New York; Center for Autoimmune, Musculoskeletal, and Hematopoietic Diseases Research, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, ⁶Mansoura University Hospitals, Mansoura University Faculty of Medicine, El Mansoura, Egypt, ⁷Keck School of Medicine at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CCA, ⁸University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁹Penn State, State College, PA, ¹⁰Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ¹¹UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ¹²UNC Health Care, Durham, NC, ¹³Connecticut Children's, Hartford, CT, ¹⁴Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN, ¹⁵Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ¹⁶Dana-Dwek Children's Hospital, Hod Hasharon, Israel, ¹⁷Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, ¹⁸Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ¹⁹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Calcinosis is a poorly understood and morbid complication of juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM). As there is no consensus treatment approach for calcinosis, and limited knowledge…
Abstract Number: 0150 • ACR Convergence 2022
Growth and Differentiation Factor 15, an Emerging Biomarker of Mitochondrial Dysfunction- Associated Myopathies: Implications for Juvenile Dermatomyositis
Bhargavi Duvvuri¹, Lauren Pachman², Gabrielle Morgan³, Payton Hermanson⁴, TING WANG⁴ and Christian Lood⁴, ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine. Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago; Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute of Chicago, Lake Forest, IL, ³Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Our prior work has demonstrated mitochondrial involvement in JDM including the accumulation of calcified mitochondria in affected muscle tissue, and elevated levels of circulating…

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