Abstracts tagged "Computed tomography (CT)"

Abstract Number: 2315 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Opportunistic Screening for Osteoporosis Using Thoraco-Abdomino-Pelvic Computed Tomography Assessing the Vertebral Density in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Julia Perrier-Cornet¹, Abdou Yacoubou OMOUROU², Marine FAUNY¹, Damien Loeuille³ and Isabelle Chary-Valckenaere⁴, ¹Rheumatology, University Hospital of Nancy, VANDOEUVRE LES NANCY, France, ²Inserm, CIC-1433 Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospital of Nancy, VANDOEUVRE LES NANCY, France, ³Rheumatology, University Hospital of Nancy, NANCY, France, ⁴Rheumatology, CHRU Nancy, Vandoeuvres les Nancy, France
Background/Purpose: Screening for osteoporosis is crucial in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. The aim of this study was to assess the value of thoraco-abdomino-pelvic CT-derived bone…
Abstract Number: 2979 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Innovative Approaches for the Assessment of Interstitial Lung Disease in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies: Ultrasound Evaluation of Pleural Irregularities and Semiquantitative and Quantitative Analysis of Lung CT
Simone Barsotti^1,2, Chiara Romei³, Elisa Cioffi⁴, Claudia Roncella⁵, Elisabetta Perrone³, Alessandra Tripoli¹, Marta Mosca¹, Fabio Falaschi³ and Rossella Neri⁶, ¹Rheumatology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ²Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy, ³Pisa University Hospital, II Radiology Unit, Pisa, Italy, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, Rheumatology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ⁵Pisa University Hospital, I Radiology Unit, Pisa, Italy, ⁶Rheumatology Unit, University of Pisa, PISA, Italy
Background/Purpose: Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) in patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies (IIM) is associated to high mortality and morbidity. The study of pleural irregularities (PI)…
Abstract Number: 63 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
TNF-α Blockade Incompletely Reverses Inflammatory Pulmonary Pathology in the TNF-Transgenic Mouse Model of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Emily Wu¹, Richard Bell², Edward Schwarz³ and Homaira Rahimi⁴, ¹Department of Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ²Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ³Orthopedeatrics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ⁴Rheumatology, University of Rochester/Golisano Children's Hosp, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a significant contributor to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) mortality, yet its pathogenesis remains enigmatic. One theory posits that initial inflammatory…
Abstract Number: 230 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Increased Prevalence of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients with Chest Pain and Seropositive Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Analysis from a Clinical Computed Tomography-Based Large-Scale Population Cohort
Andreas Bugge Tingaard¹, Annette de Thurah², Ina Trolle Andersen³, Anders Hammerich Riis³, Josephine Therkildsen⁴, Ellen-Margrethe Hauge⁵ and Morten Böttcher⁴, ¹Department of Cardiology, Regional Hospital of Herning, Herning, Denmark, ²Department of Rheumatology,, Aarhus University Hospital, Nørrebrogade 44, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark, ³Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁴Cardiology, Regional Hospital of Herning, Herning, Denmark, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Inflammation seems to play a central role in the development of atherosclerosis and inflammatory diseases seem to promote progression of coronary artery disease (CAD).…
Abstract Number: 760 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Diagnosing SLE Arthritis with Dynamic Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy
George Danias¹, Youngwan Kim², Alessandro Marone³, Kayla Neville¹, Andrea Frantz¹, Teja Kapoor⁴, Laura Geraldino-Pardilla¹, Ioannis Kymissis², Andreas Hielscher^2,3,5 and Anca Askanase¹, ¹Rheumatology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, ³Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, ⁴Rheumatology, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, ⁵Radiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: SLE arthritis is difficult to evaluate because of the sometimes-evanescent nature of the symptoms and limitations of physical exams and imaging studies. Dynamic diffuse…
Abstract Number: 731 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prediction of Progression of Interstitial Lung Disease in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Wanlong Wu¹, Suzana Jordan², Mike Oliver Becker³, Rucsandra Dobrota³, Shuang Ye⁴, Britta Maurer⁵ and Oliver Distler², ¹Department of Rheumatology, Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich; Department of Rheumatology, Renji Hospital South Campus, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ³Department of Rheumatology, Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Renji Hospital South Campus, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: No data are available to distinguish between progressive and stable patients when mild lung fibrosis is diagnosed in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients. This study…
Abstract Number: 783 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
European League Against Rheumatisms Recommendations for the Use of Imaging in Large Vessel Vasculitis in Clinical Practice
Christian Dejaco¹, Sofia Ramiro², Christina Duftner³, Florent L. Besson⁴, Thorsten Bley⁵, Daniel Blockmans⁶, Elisabeth Brouwer⁷, Marco A. Cimmino⁸, Eric Clark⁹, Bhaskar Dasgupta¹⁰, Andreas P Diamantopoulos¹¹, Haner Direskeneli¹², Annamaria Iagnocco¹³, Thorsten Klink⁵, Lorna Neill¹⁴, Cristina Ponte¹⁵, Carlo Salvarani¹⁶, Riemer Slart¹⁷, Madeline Whitlock¹⁸ and Wolfgang A. Schmidt¹⁹, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital of Bruneck, Bruneck, Italy, ²Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Clinical Division of Internal Medicine II, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, ⁴Department of Nuclear Medicine, CHU Bicêtre, AP-HP, Université Paris-Sud, Paris, France, ⁵University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, ⁶General Internal Medicine, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium, ⁷Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁸Research Laboratory and Academic Unit of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy, ⁹PMRGCAuk, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Southend, UK, Westcliff-on-Sea, United Kingdom, ¹¹Rheumatology, Martina Hansens Hospital, Bærum, Oslo, Norway, ¹²Departement of İnternal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey, ¹³Academic Rheumatology Unit, Università degli Studi di Torino, Torino, Italy, ¹⁴PMRGCAuk, Dundee, United Kingdom, ¹⁵Instituto de Medicina Molecular (IMM), Rheumatology Research Unit, Lisbon, Portugal, ¹⁶Rheumatology Unit, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova - IRCCS; Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Reggio-Emilia, Italy, ¹⁷University of Groningen, Enschede, Netherlands, ¹⁸Southend University Hospital, Southend, United Kingdom, ¹⁹Medical Center for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Berlin-Buch, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Modern imaging modalities including ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT) and 18F-FDG positron emission tomography (PET/CT) have been increasingly used in primary…
Abstract Number: 1181 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum KL-6 Level Reflects Severity of Interstitial Lung Disease Associated with Connective Tissue Disease
Jeong Seok Lee¹, Eun Young Lee², Jin Kyun Park³, Eun Bong Lee² and Yeong Wook Song⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ³Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, and College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁴Department of Molecular medicine and biopharmaceutical science, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
Background/Purpose: Measuring severity of interstitial lung disease (ILD) usually depends on the extent or pattern of imaging findings on computed tomography (CT) and the parameters…
Abstract Number: 1287 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cone Beam Computed Tomography for the Assessment of Linear Scleroderma of the Face
Francesco Zulian¹, Chiara Di Giovanni², Stafano Puggina³, Alessandra Meneghel¹, Sabina Trainito⁴ and Giorgia Martini², ¹University of Padua, Department of Woman and Child Health, Padua, Italy, ²Department of Woman and Child Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy, ³Unix Radiology Service, Affidea Group inc., Piove di Sacco, Italy, ⁴Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Background/Purpose: Linear scleroderma of the face (LSF) is a very disabling condition and, to date, standardized and validated methods for assessing and monitoring the disease…
Abstract Number: 2009 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Quantitative Radiographic Analysis of Interstitial Lung Disease Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jeong Seok Lee¹, Hyun J. Grace Kim², Jonathan Goldin³, Wonho Lee¹, You-Jung Ha⁴, Eun Ha Kang⁴, Yun Jong Lee⁵, Yeong Wook Song⁶ and Eun Young Lee⁷, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ²Department of Radiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ³University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-si, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁶Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, and College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
Background/Purpose: Quantitative analysis of fibrotic patterns provides an objective measurement of treatment efficacy in interstitial lung disease (ILD). We aimed to measure the extent of…
Abstract Number: 2088 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Significance of Urate Deposition in Tendon: A Dual-Energy CT Study
In Young Kim¹, Yeonghee Eun², Ji young Chai³, Chan Hong Jeon⁴, Jinseok Kim⁵, Hyungjin Kim², Jaejoon Lee¹, Eun-Mi Koh² and Hoon-Suk Cha⁶, ¹Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ²Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ³Department of Rheumatology, Bundang Jesaeng Hospital, Seongnam, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Jeju National University Hospital, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁶Department of Medicine,Division of Rheumatology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
Background/Purpose: Dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) is advanced imaging modality that shows the deposition of monosodium urate (MSU) crystal in tissue as a color signal. In…
Abstract Number: 166 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prevalence of Radiographic Thymic Alteration and Its Clinical Association in Systemic Autoimmune Diseases
Okinori Murata¹, Katsuya Suzuki¹, Hiroaki Sugiura², Yasushi Kondo¹, Hidekata Yasuoka¹, Kunihiro Yamaoka¹ and Tsutomu Takeuchi¹, ¹Keio University School of Medcine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Keio University School of Medcine, Division of Diagnostic Radiology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Consecutive and unbiased 500 patients who had visited at our service and had been evaluated by chest CT scan between January 2013 and December…
Abstract Number: 219 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Presence of Monosodium Urate Crystals By Dual-Energy Computed Tomography in Gout Patients Treated with Allopurinol
Nicola Dalbeth¹, Savvas Nicolaou², Scott Baumgartner³, Jia Hu³, Maple Fung³ and Hyon K. Choi⁴, ¹University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ²Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Ardea Biosciences, Inc., San Diego, CA, ⁴Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Chronic hyperuricemia predisposes to deposition of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals in musculoskeletal and other tissues, causing chronic inflammation, acute gout flares, joint damage, and…
Abstract Number: 678 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Additional Information from CT or MRI Imaging Can Increase Rheumatologists’ Consensus on Grading Sacroiliitis By Radiography: Results of the Trimage Project
Nigil Haroon¹, Xenofon Baraliakos², Anne Grethe Jurik³, Gercek Can⁴, Ali Balcı⁵, Muhammet Cinar⁶, Ediz Dalkilic⁷, Salim Donmez⁸, Omer Nuri Pamuk⁹, Yavuz Pehlivan¹⁰, Salih Pay¹¹, Handan Yarkan¹², Gokce Kenar¹³ and Nurullah Akkoc¹³, ¹Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Spondylitis Clinic, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ³Department of Radiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey, ⁵Radiology, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, ⁷Department of Rhematology, Uludag University Faculty of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Trakya University Faculty of Medicine, Edirne, Turkey, ⁹Rheumatology, Trakya University Faculty of Medicine, Edirne, Turkey, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Uludag University Medcal Faculty, Bursa, Turkey, ¹¹Rheumatology, Yüksek Ihtisas University, Special Koru Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, ¹²Rheumatology, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey, ¹³Rheumatology, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
Background/Purpose: The diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is anchored on definitive changes of sacroiliits by radiography. This is relevant not only to clinical diagnosis, but…
Abstract Number: 684 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Subchondral Bone Sclerosis on Computed Tomography – Does It Have Any Value in the Diagnosis of Inflammatory Sacroiliitis or Is It a Non-Specific Finding?
Omar Azmat¹, Robert G. Lambert², Zaid Jibri³ and Walter Maksymowych⁴, ¹Diagnostic Imaging, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Radiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³Diagnostic Imaging, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁴Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Sclerosis in the sacroiliac joints (SIJ) on radiography and computed tomography (CT) is common but widely considered a non-specific finding…

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