Abstracts tagged "calcinosis"

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: 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: 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: 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: 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…
Abstract Number: 0174 • ACR Convergence 2022
Intra-rater Validation of Calcinosis Durometer Measurements in Juvenile and Adult Dermatomyositis
Meghan Nelson¹, Adam Schiffenbauer², Hanna Kim³, Scott Gillespie⁴, Vy Do⁵, Julie Fuller⁶, Lisa G Rider⁷ and Kelly Rouster-Stevens⁸, ¹Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine; Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, ²National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences; Juvenile Myositis Therapeutic and Translation Studies Unit, PTRB, NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁵UT Austin Dell Medical School, Austin, TX, ⁶UT Southwestern, Frisco, TX, ⁷Environmental Autoimmunity Group, Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁸Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine; Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Dermatomyositis (DM) and juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) are idiopathic inflammatory myopathies primarily affecting proximal skeletal muscle and skin. Calcinosis, a known complication of DM, is…
Abstract Number: 1063 • ACR Convergence 2022
Assessment of Calcinosis in Portuguese Patients with Systemic Sclerosis – a Multicenter Study
Beatriz Samões¹, Diogo Fonseca¹, Tiago Beirão¹, Flavio Costa¹, Romana Vieira¹, Georgina Terroso², Raquel Ferreira², Rafaela teixeira³, André Saraiva⁴, Maria João Henriques⁵, Ana Catarina Duarte⁶, Ana Cristina Cordeiro⁶, Paulo Vilas-Boas⁷, Inês Genrinho³, Ana Bento da Silva⁸, Laura Gago⁸, Catarina Resende⁹, Patricia Martins⁹, Nathalie Madeira¹⁰, Sara Paiva Dinis¹⁰, Maura Couto³, Inês Santos³, Filipe Araújo¹¹, Ana Filipa Mourão¹¹, Miguel Guerra¹², Margarida Oliveira¹², Alexandra Daniel¹³, Marília Rodrigues¹³, Catarina Soares¹⁴, Hugo Parente¹⁵, Carolina Furtado¹⁶, Tomás Fontes¹⁶ and Joana Abelha-Aleixo¹, ¹Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia / Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, ²Rheumatology department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal, ³Rheumatology department, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, Viseu, Portugal, ⁴Rheumatology department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, ⁵Rheumatology department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Lisboa, Portugal, ⁶Rheumatology department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal, ⁷Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Baixo Vouga, Aveiro, Portugal, ⁸Rheumatology department, Hospital de Egas Moniz, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Lisboa, Portugal, ⁹Rheumatology department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Lisboa Norte, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, ¹⁰Rheumatology department, Unidade Local de Saúde da Guarda - Hospital Sousa Martins, Guarda, Portugal, ¹¹Rheumatology and Osteoporosis Unit, Hospital de Sant´Ana, SCML, Lisboa, Portugal, ¹²Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário da Cova da Beira, Covilhã, Portugal, ¹³Rheumatology department, Hospital Distrital de Leiria, Leiria, Portugal, ¹⁴Rheumatology department, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, Ponte de Lima, Viana do Castelo, Portugal, ¹⁵Rheumatology department, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, Ponte de Lima, Portugal, ¹⁶Rheumatology department, Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo, Ponta Delgada, Portugal
Background/Purpose: Calcinosis is a challenging problem among Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) patients with a reported prevalence of 18-49%. We aim to define the prevalence of clinical…
Abstract Number: 1064 • ACR Convergence 2022
Test-retest Reliability for the Mawdsley Calcinosis Questionnaire for the Measurement of Calcinosis Burden in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Antonia Valenzuela¹, Anne-Marie Russell², Lorinda Chung³, Kelly Jensen⁴ and Lesley Ann Saketkoo⁵, ¹Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, ²University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom, ³Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁴University of Colorado, Bellevue, WA, ⁵University Medical Center - Comprehensive Pulmonary Hypertension Center and ILD Clinic Programs // New Orleans Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care & Research Centeris, New Orleans, LA
Background/Purpose: Calcinosis cutis is a debilitating manifestation in systemic sclerosis (SSc) responsible for a high burden of disability and hand dysfunction, contributing as much as…
Abstract Number: 1661 • ACR Convergence 2022
Osteoclastogenesis and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Blood Levels in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis with and Without Calcinosis Cutis
Antonia Valenzuela¹, Guillermo Perez², Carolina Iturriaga² and Rebeca Montalva², ¹Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, ²Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile
Background/Purpose: Calcinosis cutis is a debilitating complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc) with no effective treatments. Although the pathogenesis of SSc-related calcinosis remains unknown, there is…
Abstract Number: 1787 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Impact of Topically Applied pH Modulator on Acute Inflammatory Pain, Serum Calcium, and C-Reactive Protein (CRP) During an Acute Gout Flare – a Phase 2a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study
Puja Khanna¹ and Ryan Beal², ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Dyve Biosciences, Inc, Camarillo, CA
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory cytokine-mediated bone resorption increases serum calcium (Ca2+) and can lead to calcification at chronically inflamed sites. Ca2+ influences cytokine activity to intensify the…
Abstract Number: 1380 • ACR Convergence 2021
Quality of Life in Patients with Scleroderma Associated Calcinosis Cutis: A Cross-Sectional Study
Aditi Patel¹, Mehnaj Grewal², Robert Butler² and Soumya Chatterjee³, ¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Heights, OH, ²Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ³Cleveland Clinic, Richmond Heights, OH
Background/Purpose: Calcinosis cutis (CC) can commonly affect patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), which is often painful, resulting in functional impairment and morbidity. A radiographic scoring…

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