Abstracts tagged "diagnosis and dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA)"

Abstract Number: 1620 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Lateral DXA More Effective in Detecting Osteoporosis Than Conventional DXA in Axial Spondyloarthropathy
Gillian Fitzgerald^1,2, Jason Wyse³, Tochukwu Anachebe⁴, Ronan Mullan⁵, David Kane⁶, Kevin McCarroll⁷ and Finbar O' Shea², ¹School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland, ²Rheumatology, St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland, ³School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland, ⁵Department of Rheumatology,, Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Tallaght Hospital, TCD, Dublin 24, Ireland, ⁷Department of Medicine for the Elderly, St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
Background/Purpose: The severe consequences of osteoporosis in the general population are well outlined. In axial spondyloarthropathy (axSpA), osteoproliferation of the spine means posterioanterior (PA) dual-energy…