Abstracts tagged "Imaging"

Abstract Number: 1969 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ankle Joint Involvement In Rheumatoid Arthritis. An Ultrasound Study Using High Resolution- and Colour Doppler Ultrasound
Mohammed Alsuwaidi¹, Boris P. Ehrenstein¹, Martin Fleck² and Wolfgang Hartung¹, ¹Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Asklepios Clinic Bad Abbach, Bad Abbach, Germany, ²Internal Medicine I, University Medical Center of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Despite a pivotal role for RA patients mobility, the ankle joints are frequently neglected, and omitted in activity scoring systems including DAS 28. In…
Abstract Number: 231 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Variable Imaging Characteristics Identified By Point-Of-Care Ultrasound For Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome
Minna J. Kohler¹, Naina Rastalsky² and Liana Fraenkel³, ¹Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Yale University School of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, New Haven, CT
Background/Purpose: Greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS) is a common cause of musculoskeletal pain that has been typically attributed to trochanteric bursitis. It encompasses a spectrum…
Abstract Number: 1973 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Importance Of Hand Positioning In 3D Joint Space Morphology Assessment
Stephanie Boutroy¹, Elodie Hirschenhahn¹, Emile Youssof², Hervé Locrelle², Thierry Thomas², Roland Chapurlat³ and Hubert Marotte², ¹INSERM U1033 and University of Lyon, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France, ²INSERM U1059 and University Hospital, Hôpital Nord, Saint-Etienne, France, ³INSERM UMR 1033 and University of Lyon, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France
Background/Purpose: Precise quantification of joint space morphology (JSM) is an important factor for early diagnosis and monitoring of disease activity and therapeutic responses in rheumatoid…
Abstract Number: 216 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Systematic Staging For Uric Acid Deposits With Dual-Energy Computed Tomography and Ultrasound In Suspected Gout
Wolfgang A. Schmidt¹ and Alexander Huppertz², ¹Med Ctr Rheumatology Berlin Buch, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Imaging Science Institute Charité, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of Dual-Energy Computed Tomography (DECT) and ultrasound for detecting monosodium urate crystal deposits in patients with clinically suspected gout.…
Abstract Number: 1959 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Extremity MRI Scans of the Hand and the Diagnosis of Inflammatory Arthritis: Findings in Patients With a Clinical Diagnosis of RA, Non-Inflammatory Arthritis and Fibromyalgia
Robert S. Katz¹, Hannah Bond² and Anthony Farkasch², ¹Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL, ²Rheumatology Associates, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Low field extremity MRI has been utilized to evaluate patients for inflammatory arthritis and to follow their progress on immunosuppressive and biologic therapy. …
Abstract Number: 1941 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Imaging Atherosclerotic Plaque Inflammation In RA: Methodology and Initial Findings In a Single Centre Cohort
Sarah Skeoch¹, Penny Hubbard², Heather Williams^3,4, Dongxiang Xu⁵, Sun Jie⁵, Niranjan Balu⁵, Wei Zhang⁵, Jacqueline James³, Thomas Hatsukami⁵, Chun Yuan⁵, M. Yvonne Alexander⁶, Paul Hockings⁷, John Waterton^4,8 and Ian N. Bruce⁹, ¹Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology and NIHR Manchester Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Centre for Imaging Sciences Biomedical Imaging Institute Oxford Road Manchester, M13 9PT United Kingdom, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³Department of Nuclear Medicine, Central Manchester University Hospitals Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴Centre for Imaging Sciences Biomedical Imaging Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁵Vascular Imaging Laboratory, Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁶Healthcare Science Research Institute, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Healthcare Science Research Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁷Drug Safety and Metabolism, Astra Zeneca, Mölndal, Sweden, ⁸R&D Personalised Healthcare & Biomarkers, Astra Zeneca, MACCLESFIELD, United Kingdom, ⁹Kellgren Centre for Rheumatology, Central Manchester University Hospitals Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Chronic inflammation in RA may contribute to an unstable atherosclerotic plaque phenotype. Dynamic contrast enhanced MRI (DCE MRI) can be used to image carotid…
Abstract Number: 1678 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
How Similar Are Extracranial Giant Cell Arteritis and Takayasu Arteritis?
Tanaz A. Kermani¹, Cynthia S. Crowson², Francesco Muratore³, Jean Schmidt⁴, Eric L. Matteson⁵ and Kenneth J. Warrington⁶, ¹Rheumatology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Rheumatology Service, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁴Internal Medicine and RECIF, CHU Nord, Amiens, France, ⁵Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: The clinical and radiographic features of giant cell arteritis (GCA) with extracranial (large-vessel) involvement can be similar to those of Takayasu arteritis (TAK)…
Abstract Number: 1684 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Early Combination Immunosuppression and Serial Non-Invasive Imaging Improves Outcome In Takayasu Arteritis
Taryn Youngstein¹, Michael Quinn¹, James Peters¹ and Justin C. Mason², ¹Rheumatology Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Rheumatology and Vascular Sciences, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Takayasu arteritis (TA) affects the aorta and its branches, pre-disposing to stenoses and aneurysmal dilatation. While morbidity remains high, evidence for efficacy of immunosuppressive…
Abstract Number: 1517 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Different Imaging Abnormalities Suggestive Of Spondyloarthritis Are Present In Early Axial Spondyloarthritis. Data From The DESIR Cohort
Anna Moltó¹, Simon Paternotte², Désirée van der Heijde³, Pascal Claudepierre⁴, Martin Rudwaleit⁵ and Maxime Dougados⁶, ¹Cochin Hospital, Paris- Descartes University, Paris, France, ²Rheumatology Department, Paris- Descartes University, Cochin hospital, Paris, France, ³Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology, Paris-Est University; LIC EA4393; APHP, Henri Mondor Hospital, Creteil, France, ⁵Endokrinologikum, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Université Paris René Descartes and Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Patients can fulfil the ASAS (Assessment of SpondyloArthritiS) sets of criteria with either objective evidence of sacroiliac joint damage (X-Ray) or inflammation (MRI) (“imaging”…
Abstract Number: 1159 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Exercise Suppresses Systemic Inflammation Via Inhibition Of NF-κB Activation In Monocytes
Alisa Blazek¹, Derrick Knapik², Lai-Chu Wu³, Nicholas A. Young³, Wael N. Jarjour⁴ and Sudha Agarwal⁵, ¹Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ²College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ³Immunology and Rheumatology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ⁴Dept of Rheumatology/Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ⁵Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: Inflammation is integral to joint damage and bone erosion in rheumatoid arthritis. We reported previously that physiologic levels of exercise are anti-inflammatory and suppress local…
Abstract Number: 1134 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
More Evidence For Breaking The ‘law Of valgus’: Imaging Evidence For Higher Prevalence and Volume Of Bone Marrow Lesions In The Medial Patellofemoral Joint
Charles Ratzlaff¹ and Jeffrey W. Duryea², ¹Harvard Medical School / Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose : We recently developed an efficient semi-automated measure of tibial and femoral BML volume and validated it against the Whole-Organ Magnetic Resonance Imaging Score…
Abstract Number: 1128 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Validation Of a Rapid, Quantitative Method Of Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Detected Osteoarthritis-Related Bone Marrow Lesions In The Patellofemoral Joint
Charles Ratzlaff¹ and Jeffrey W. Duryea², ¹Harvard Medical School / Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Dept of Radiology, Brigham & Women, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose : We recently developed an efficient semi-automated measure of tibial and femoral BML volume and validated it against the Whole-Organ Magnetic Resonance Imaging Score…
Abstract Number: 1112 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Examining Phenotypes Of Patients With Psoriasis In The Prepare Study For Similarities Between Diagnosed Psoriatic Arthritis and Those With Signs Of Subclinical Psoriatic Arthritis Detected By Imaging
Philip Mease¹, Javier Coindreau², Lotus Mallbris², Annette Szumski³ and Heather Jones², ¹Division of Rheumatology Research, Swedish Medical Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Pfizer Inc., Collegeville, PA, ³Specialty Care, Pfizer Inc., Collegeville, PA
Background/Purpose: Progression of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) has traditionally been evaluated using clinical assessments. However, a strong relationship between clinical and radiological outcomes has been shown,…
Abstract Number: 1086 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Straight Neck in Fibromyalgia
Robert S. Katz¹ and Anthony Farkasch², ¹Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL, ²Rheumatology Associates, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: In patients with fibromyalgia a straight neck is based on calculating the Cobb angle, a standard radiographic measurement, of lateral view radiographs of the…