Cervical spine Archives - ACR Meeting Abstracts

Abstract Number: 311 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Cervical Spine in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis Presenting with Chronic Neck Pain – a Systematic Comparison of Clinical Assessments
Xenofon Baraliakos¹, Mina Soltani², Parham Damirchi², Uta Kiltz³ and Jürgen Braun¹, ¹Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ³Rheumatology, Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, and Ruhr University Bochum, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: Despite the differences in pathogenesis, neck pain associated with functional limitation of the cervical spine is a frequent clinical symptom of patients with rheumatoid…
Abstract Number: 2053 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Computed Tomography Dependent Diagnosis of Crowned Dens Syndrome; A Cervical Manifestation of Patients with Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate Crystal Deposition Disease
Ammar Haikal¹, Brian Everist², Pim Jetanalin³ and Mehrdad Maz³, ¹Department Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, ²Department of Radiology (MSK), Department of Radiology (MSK), University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, ³Allergy, Clinical Immunology, and Rheumatology, Division of Allergy, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
Background/Purpose: Crowned Dens Syndrome (CDS), a variation of Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD), is a radiologic-clinical entity defined by the association of radiological calcifications around…
Abstract Number: 75 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Fibromyalgia and Positional Cervical Cord Compression Differ Only By Autonomic Nervous System Consequences: A Double-Blinded, Prospective Study
Andrew Holman, Pacific Rheumatology Reseach, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: In 1998, C Muhle and D Resnick proposed a corollary to cervical spinal stenosis caused by intermittent abutment of the cervical spinal cord from…
Abstract Number: 143 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Fiber Optic Intubation in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Had a Surgical Procedure
Gurjot Basra¹, Marylou Cardenas-Turanzas², Tayab Andrabi³, Katy Elizabeth French³, Bobby Bellard³, William A Murphy Jr.⁴, Maria A. Lopez-Olivo⁵ and Maria E. Suarez-Almazor⁵, ¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Department of General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ³Anesthesiology, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ⁴Radiology, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ⁵General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Fiber optic intubation is the preferred method of airway management during anesthetic procedures for patients with RA. The purpose of our study was to…
Abstract Number: 2827 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Cervical Spine Fracture and Mortality in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Katherine D. Wysham¹, Sara G. Murray², Nancy K. Hills³, Edward H. Yelin⁴ and Lianne S. Gensler⁵, ¹Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Arthritis Research Group, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Little data exist regarding mortality in Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) patients. We performed a population-based study of diagnoses associated with hospital mortality in AS. Methods:…
Abstract Number: 2150 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
The Craniocervical Junction in Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Computed Tomography Based Study
Gleb Slobodin¹, Arsen Shpigelman², Hanna Dawood³, Doron Rimar⁴, Simona Croitoru³, Nina Boulman⁴, Michael Rozenbaum⁴, Lisa Kaly¹, Itzhak Rosner¹ and Majed Odeh³, ¹Rheumatology, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, ²Orthopedic Surgery, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, ³Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, ⁴Rheumatology, Bnai Zion Medical Center / Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel
Background/Purpose Available studies of craniocervical junction (CCJ) involvement in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are based on conventional radiography, which has limited ability in the definition of…
Abstract Number: 1381 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Subaxial Cervical Spine Involvement in Symptomatic Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Comparison with Cervical Spondylosis
Helena Borrell¹, Javier Narváez², Jose Antonio Narvaez³, Marta Serrallonga⁴, Carmen Gomez Vaquero¹, Eugenia de Lama⁵, Javier Hernandez Gañan³ and Joan Miquel Nolla¹, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge. Barcelona. Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ³Radiology Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge - IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Institut de Diagnostic per la Imatge (IDI), Centre Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Radiology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: To investigate the frequency, location, nature, and clinical significance of subaxial involvement (below C1-C2) in a series of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and…
Abstract Number: 1061 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
How Does Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Affect Development of Upper Cervical Lesions? a Retrospective Study of Cervical Spine X-Rays Combined with a Cohort Study in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Osamu Ishida^1,2, Katsunori Ikari³, Eisuke Inoue³, Atsuo Taniguchi⁴, Shigeki Momohara¹ and H. Yamanaka³, ¹Orthopedics, Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ²Orthopedics, Kyoto City Hospital, Kyoto, Japan, ³Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose It is believed that 40% to 80% of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have cervical spine lesions. In particular, atlantoaxial subluxation (AAS) and vertical…
Abstract Number: 1819 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Effectiveness Of Pilates Method For The Treatment Of Chronic Mechanical Neck PAIN
Luciana A. Cazotti¹, Anamaria Jones¹, Diego Roger Silva², Luiza H. C. Ribeiro¹ and Jamil Natour³, ¹Unifesp-EPM, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ²Rheumatology Division, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ³Rheumatology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: The neck pain comes from multifactorial origin and affects approximately 70% of individuals at some point in their lives being considered a frequent problem…
Abstract Number: 2026 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
High Prevalence of Cervical Spine and Temporomandibular Joint Involvement in Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Nikolay Tzaribachev¹, Catrin Tzaribachev¹ and Bernd Koos², ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Bad Bramstedt, Germany, ²Clinic of Orthodontics, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Background/Purpose: Detection of involvement of temporomandibular joints (TMJ), which are frequently affected by juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), is only possible on Gadolinium enhanced MRI…

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