Abstract Number: 678 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Characteristics and Disease Activity in Psoriatic Arthritis Patients with Dactylitis or Enthesitis: Results from Corrona Registry
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) exhibits considerable heterogeneity in its presentation and course, which contributes to the complexity of diagnosis and assessment. Enthesitis, inflammation at the…Abstract Number: 674 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Characteristics of Japanese Patients with Reactive Arthritis Induced By Intravesical BCG Therapy for Bladder Cancer: A 19 Years Two-Center Retrospective Study
Background/Purpose: Intravesical instillation of BCG is used as an effective immunotherapy of bladder cancer. However it may have, as adverse event, a reactive arthritis (ReA)…Abstract Number: 270 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Disease Burden Is Comparable in Children with Enthesitis-Related Arthritis and Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Background/Purpose: To compare baseline disease characteristics of pediatric patients (pts) with enthesitis-related arthritis (ERA) and polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (pJIA) from clinical trials with adalimumab…Abstract Number: 144 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sonographic Differentiation of Heel Pain: Focal Degenerative Versus Systemic Inflammatory Enthesitis
Background/Purpose: Plantar fasciitis and Achilles tendonitis are commonly encountered in a rheumatologic practice due to either degenerative (DG) or systemic inflammatory conditions (SYS). While…Abstract Number: 142 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prevalence of Subclinical Entheseal Involvement in Patients with Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease: An Ultrasonographic Study
Background/Purpose Joint involvement is the most frequent extra-intestinal manifestation of paediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Various recent studies focused on the clinical prevalence of enthesitis…Abstract Number: 139 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasound Enthesitis in Primary Care Psoriasis Patients with Musculoskeletal Complaints
Background/Purpose: Psoriasis patients with enthesitis can classify as psoriatic arthritis since the introduction of the CASPAR classification criteria in 2006. However, the presence of a…Abstract Number: 3008 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
High Prevalence of Subclinical Ultrasonographic Enthesopathy and Synovitis in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease without Clinical Signs or Symptoms of Spondyloarthritis
Background/Purpose Musculoskeletal manifestations as peripheral arthritis, axial disease and enthesitis are present in 10-62% of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) patients. Ultrasonography is more sensitive than…Abstract Number: 2302 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Classification of Juvenile Spondyloarthropathies According to ASAS Criteria
Background/Purpose The juvenile spondyloarthropathies (JSpA) are a group of related seronegative rheumatic diseases characterized by involvement of the axial , peripheral large joints and entheses.…Abstract Number: 1574 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
University Students with Psoriatic Nail Changes Have a Greater Number of Tender Enthesial Points Than Those with Normal Nails
Background/Purpose Nail pitting is present in about 10% of healthy adults, and more than 50% of patients with psoriatic arthritis. We believe that the prevalence…Abstract Number: 1545 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Better Performance of the Leeds and Sparcc Enthesitis Indices Compared to the Mases in Patients with Peripheral Spondyloarthritis during Treatment with Adalimumab
Background/Purpose: Peripheral spondyloarthritis (pSpA) is characterized by arthritis, enthesitis, and/or dactylitis. Enthesitis is considered a core outcome domain for SpA; however, there is no clear…Abstract Number: 1550 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prevalence of Enthesitis and Dactylitis, Impact on Disease Severity and Evolution over 12 Months in Psa Patients Treated with Anti-TNF in a Real-World Setting
Background/Purpose Spondyloarthritis, including psoriatic arthritis (PsA), is characterized by inflammatory arthritis affecting axial and peripheral joints. It is commonly associated with extra-articular and peri-articular manifestations…Abstract Number: 1559 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Long Term Improvements in Physical Function Are Associated with Improvements in Dactylitis, Enthesitis, Tender and Swollen Joint Counts, and Psoriasis Skin Involvement: Results from a Phase 3 Study of Ustekinumab in Psoriatic Arthritis Patients
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the association of improvements in tender and swollen joint counts (TJC, SJC), psoriasis skin involvement, and dactylitis/enthesitis (in patients affected at baseline)…Abstract Number: 1558 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evaluation of Extreme Enthesitis and/or Patient-Related Outcome Score As Potential Surrogates for Fibromyalgia and As Potential Confounding Factors of Anti-TNF Response
Background/Purpose: Differentiating between pain related to spondyloarthritis (in particular polyenthesitis) and pain related to fibromyalgia can be challenging, both in daily practice and in clinical…Abstract Number: 308 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tenascin-C, a TLR4 Ligand Levels in Enthesitis Related Arthritis Category of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Study
Background/Purpose Tenascin-C (TNC) is an extracellular matrix glycoprotein, which binds to TLR4 and leads to its activation. Monocytes of children with Enthesitis related arthritis (ERA)…Abstract Number: 1714 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Grey-Scale and Power Doppler Findings Of Lower Extremity Entheses In Healthy Children
Background/Purpose: The aim of our study is to describe the grey-scale and Power Doppler findings in lower extremity entheses in healthy children ages 5-18 years.…