Abstracts tagged "Imaging"

Abstract Number: 1243 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Impact of MRI Slice Thickness on the Detection of Spinal Syndesmophytes in Axial Spondyloarthritis
Kalliopi Klavdianou¹, Alexaner Dieter Mewes², Styliani Tsiami³, Philipp Sewerin⁴ and Xenofon Baraliakos⁵, ¹'Asklepieion' General Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Voula, Athens, Greece, ²University Dusseldorf, Medical Faculty, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Dusseldorf, Germany, ³Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ⁴Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Ruhr-Universität-Bochum, Herne, Germany, ⁵Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: Conventional radiographs (CR) are the gold standard for detecting syndesmophytes in axial Spondyloarthritis (axSpA), mainly because magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is not able to…
Abstract Number: 1292 • ACR Convergence 2022
Telemedicine’s Impact on Radiologic Ordering in an Academic Rheumatology Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ben Kellogg, Robert French, Emily Vinson, Erin McCrum and david leverenz, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the rapid implementation of telemedicine, and this shift's impact on practice patterns is still being characterized. We theorized that telemedicine…
Abstract Number: 1801 • ACR Convergence 2022
High Frequency of Structural Damage in the Lower Spine of Patients with Chondrocalcinosis
Kalliopi Klavdianou¹, Jona Kasfeld², Martin Fruth³, Styliani Tsiami⁴, Juergen Braun⁵, Philipp Sewerin⁶, David Kiefer⁵ and Xenofon Baraliakos⁷, ¹'Asklepieion' General Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Voula, Athens, Greece, ²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ³Blikk, Radiologie, Herne, Germany, ⁴Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ⁵Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁶Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Ruhr-Universität-Bochum, Herne, Germany, ⁷Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease (CPPD, chondrocalcinosis) is known to affect fibrocartilaginous tissue in the large and smaller peripheral joints. The affection of…
Abstract Number: 0479 • ACR Convergence 2022
A Prospective Study Evaluating the Utility of Ultrasound in Monitoring Newly-Diagnosed GCA
Colm Kirby¹, Rachael Flood¹, Ronan Mullan¹, Grainne Murphy² and David Kane¹, ¹Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ²Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
Background/Purpose: In recent years, Temporal Artery US (TAUS) has become a reliable alternative to biopsy for diagnosing GCA. However, normalisation of pathologic findings have been…
Abstract Number: 1244 • ACR Convergence 2022
Incidence of Radiographic Spinal Damage in Psoriatic Arthritis Patients Compared to Spondyloarthritis Patients: Which Patients Are More Affected?
Manouk de Hooge¹, Alla Alexeevna Ishchenko², Ann-Sophie Kathleen De Craemer³, Serge Steinfeld⁴, Adrien NZEUSSEU TOUKAP⁵, Filip Van den bosch⁶, Dirk Elewaut⁷, Rik Lories⁸ and Kurt de Vlam⁹, ¹Ghent University Hospital, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, ²University Hospitals Leuven, Sint-Stevens-Woluwe, Belgium, ³Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium, ⁴Clinique Saint-Jean, Brussels, Belgium, ⁵Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine and Paediatrics, Ghent University and VIB Centre for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent University, Heusden, Belgium, ⁸KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ⁹University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Background/Purpose: There is an ongoing debate on axial involvement in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients. This study reports the baseline radiographic spinal damage in PsA and…
Abstract Number: 1328 • ACR Convergence 2022
CT Evaluation of Bone Fragility 2 Years After Bariatric Surgery in Patients with Obesity: An Observational Study
Marine FAUNY¹, Marion Halin², Edem Allado², Didier Quilliot², Laurent Brunaud², Eliane Albuisson², Isabelle Chary-Valckenaere² and Damien Loeuille², ¹Nancy University Hospital, Toul, France, ²Nancy University Hospital, Vandoeuvre, France
Background/Purpose: The objectives were to evaluate bone fragility on computed tomography (CT) in patients with obesity before and 2 years after bariatric surgery and to…
Abstract Number: 1802 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Utility of Dual-energy Computed Tomography in Gout Patients During Urate Lowering Therapy
Min Jung Kim¹, Mi Hyeon Kim², SE RIM CHOI², Youjin Jung², Ji In Jung², Ju Yeon Kim², Jee Won Chai³ and Kichul Shin⁴, ¹Seoul Metropolitan Government Boramae Medical center, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ²Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ³Seoul Metropolitan Government–Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁴Seoul Metropolitan Government- Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: To investigate whether monosodium urate (MSU) deposition measured by dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) could help predict acute flares after discontinuing colchicine prophylaxis in patients…
Abstract Number: 0480 • ACR Convergence 2022
Treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis Patients with Ultra-short Glucocorticoids and Tocilizumab: Role of Imaging in a Prospective Study
Francesco Muratore¹, Giulia Cassone², Chiara Marvisi³, ELENA GALLI¹, Luigi Boiardi¹, GIULIA BESUTTI¹, Lucia Spaggiari¹, MASSIMILIANO CASALI¹, Pamela Mancuso¹, Annibale Versari¹, Paolo Giorgi Rossi¹ and Carlo Salvarani⁴, ¹Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ²Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, ³Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia and National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the clinical and functional/morphological imaging response in a series of active large vessel (LV)-GCA patients treated with tocilizumab (TCZ) monotherapy after ultra-short-term…
Abstract Number: 1245 • ACR Convergence 2022
Imaging Use and Medication Management in Giant Cell Arteritis
Aradhna Agarwal¹, Reid Weisberg¹, Jiby Mathew², Andreas Reimold³ and Kyawt Shwin¹, ¹UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, ²VA North Texas Health Care System/Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ³University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) affects medium and large arteries. Although temporal artery biopsy (TAB) remains the gold standard for patients with cranial GCA, patients…
Abstract Number: 1329 • ACR Convergence 2022
Prevalence of Bone Fragility on DXA and CT in Patients with Obesity
Marion Halin¹, Edem Allado¹, Didier Quilliot¹, Eliane Albuisson¹, Isabelle Chary-Valckenaere¹, Damien Loeuille¹, Laurent Brunaud¹ and Marine FAUNY², ¹Nancy University Hospital, Vandoeuvre, France, ²Nancy University Hospital, Toul, France
Background/Purpose: Primary objective was to evaluate bone fragility prevalence on dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and on computed tomography (CT), in patients with severe obesity. Secondary…
Abstract Number: 1816 • ACR Convergence 2022
Assessing Urate Deposition and Inflammation in the Vasculature of Gout Patients Using Dual Energy Computed Tomography and Positron Emission Tomography Pre and Post Pegloticase- a Pilot Study
Ira Khanna, Venkatesh Mani, Renata Pyzik, Audrey Kaufman, Wei Wei Chi, Emilia Bagiella, Philip Robson and Yousaf Ali, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Gout is the most common inflammatory arthritis, caused by hyperuricemia and subsequent deposition of aggregated monosodium urate (MSU) crystals in both articular and extra-articular…
Abstract Number: 0493 • ACR Convergence 2022
MRI Is Superior to Ultrasound of Supraaortic Arteries in Detecting Giant Cell Arteritis – Experience of a Single Center
Matthias Froehlich¹, Thorsten A. Bley², Marc Schmalzing³, Michael Gernert¹, Rudolf A. Werner⁴, Jost Hillenkamp⁵, Karl Georg Haeusler⁶ and Konstanze V. Guggenberger², ¹University Hospital Wuerzburg, Dpt. of Internal Medicine II, Wuerzburg, Germany, ²University Hospital Wuerzburg, Dpt. of Radiology, Wuerzburg, Germany, ³University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany, ⁴University Hospital Wuerzburg, Dpt. of Nuclear medicine, Wuerzburg, Germany, ⁵University Hospital Wuerzburg, Dpt. of Ophtalmology, Wuerzburg, Germany, ⁶University Hospital Wuerzburg, Dpt. of Neurology, Wuerzburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Imaging techniques for the detection of mural inflammation are cornerstones in the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound…
Abstract Number: 1246 • ACR Convergence 2022
Improving Radiologic Interpretation of Diffuse Lung Disease in Pediatric Rheumatologic (PR) Patients Using Trained Scoring with Semi-quantitative Chest Computed Tomography (CT) Analysis
Michal Cidon¹, Beverley Newman², Terry Robinson³, Paul Iskander⁴, Paul Thacker⁵, Evan Zucker², Tzielan Lee⁶ and Rex Moats³, ¹Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Stanford Children's Health, Stanford, CA, ³Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁶Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: We presented preliminary data in 2021 to support the feasibility of using a semi-quantitative chest CT scoring system (Pediatric Rheumatologic Diffuse Lung Disease Score…
Abstract Number: 1412 • ACR Convergence 2022
Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-sectional Study with 13NH3 Myocardial PET/CT
Bas Dijkshoorn¹, Remco Knol², Friso Van Der Zant², Michael Nurmohamed³ and Suat Simsek², ¹Reade Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Noord-west Ziekenhuis groep, Alkmaar, Netherlands, ³Amsterdam University Medical Center, Kortenhoef, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease. This risk is similar to that of diabetes mellitus (DM). There have…
Abstract Number: 1846 • ACR Convergence 2022
Cardiac Sarcoidosis: An Underdiagnosed, Life-threatening yet Treatable Disease
Patrick Webster¹, Yogita Rochlani² and Konstantinos Loupasakis³, ¹Rheumatology Fellow at Montefiore, New York, NY, ²Montefiore Medical Center / Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ³Montefiore Medical Center/ Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Background/Purpose: Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) is potentially life-threatening and it typically causes heart failure, ventricular arrhythmia, AV block or sudden death. CS has been reported to…

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