Abstracts tagged "Imaging"

Abstract Number: 2198 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evaluation of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose PET-CT Score at Baseline on the Therapeutic Response to Prednisone in Polymyalgia Rheumatica: A Retrospective Study
Nicolas Giraud¹, Maxime Sondag², Aline Charpentier², Hatem Boulahdour³, Clément Prati^4,5, Daniel Wendling^6,7 and Frank Verhoeven⁸, ¹Rheumatology, CHU de Besançon, Besançon, France, ²rheumatology, CHU de Besançon, Besancon, France, ³CHU de Besançon, Besançon, France, ⁴EA 4267 FDE, FHU INCREASE, Université de Bourgogne Franche Comté, Besancon, France, ⁵Rheumatology, University Hospital - Bourgogne Franche Comté University, Besancon, France, ⁶Rheumatology, University Hospital - Bourgogne Franche Comté University, Besançon, France, ⁷EA 4266, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F-25000 Besançon, France, F-25000 Besançon, France, ⁸EA 4267 PEPITE, Université de Bourgogne Franche Comté, Besançon, France
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the impact of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET-CT (FDG-PET/CT) score at baseline, on the therapeutic response to prednisone, in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). Methods:…
Abstract Number: 471 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Early Signs of Diastolic Impairment in Children with Incident Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Joyce C. Chang^1,2, Brian R. White³, Matthew D. Elias³, Rui Xiao⁴, Andrea M. Knight^5,6,7, Pamela F. Weiss^8,9,10 and Laura M. Mercer-Rosa^3,7, ¹Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ³Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness & PolicyLab, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁸Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostastistics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁰Center for Pharmacoepidemiology Research and Training, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: The timing and etiology of diastolic impairment in pediatric-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (pSLE) are poorly understood, and the role of screening echocardiography remains unclear.…
Abstract Number: 2211 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Technetium Tc 99m Tilmanocept: A Targeted Immunodiagnostic Radiopharmaceutical for the Assessment of Synovial Macrophage Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Arash Kardan¹, Allison Kissling², Bonnie Abbruzzese², Ahmad Ismail², Rachael Hershey², Carley Hartings², David Ralph², Izabela Gierach², Michael Blue², Hannah Bailey², Christopher Gablemann², Katherine Repp² and Frederick Cope², ¹Charles F. Kettering Memorial Hospital and Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH, ²Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., Dublin, OH
Background/Purpose: Activated macrophages are a critical component of the inflammatory etiology of RA. It is well established that these macrophages perpetuate joint inflammation and destruction…
Abstract Number: 666 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Inflammation on MRI of the Sacroiliac Joints Is Highly Associated with Structural Damage in Axial Spondyloarthritis Patients in Clinical Practice: Data from the ASAS and DESIR Cohorts
Alexandre Sepriano¹, Sofia Ramiro^1,2, Robert B.M. Landewé^3,4, Maxime Dougados⁵, Désirée van der Heijde⁶ and Martin Rudwaleit⁷, ¹Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen & Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, Netherlands, ⁴Amsterdam Rheumatology & Immunology Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Paris Descartes University and Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ⁶Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁷Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Klinikum Bielefeld Rosenhöhe, Bielefeld, Germany
Background/Purpose: The effect of MRI-detected inflammation on the development of radiographic damage at the sacroiliac joints (SIJ) level in patients (pts) with axial SpA (axSpA)…
Abstract Number: 2212 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Feasibility and Performance of HR-pQCT-Derived Joint Space Width Measurement As Outcome Parameter in Arthropathic Disease – Lessons from Hemochromatosis Arthropathy
Ursula Heilmeier¹, Andrew J Burghardt¹, Puneet Kapoor², Georg Schett³, Reinhard Voll⁴ and Stephanie Finzel⁵, ¹Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, Musculoskeletal Quantitative Imaging Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Clinic for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: High resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT) allows in vivo 3 D imaging of human joint microstructure and joint space width (JSW) at an…
Abstract Number: 677 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Structural Damage Characteristics of Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis in China
Weiping Kong¹, Caroline Jefferies², Thomas Learch³, Jinrui Cui⁴, Xiaowei Gan¹, Nan Zhang¹, Yingze Zhang¹, Jianming Wang¹, Qingwen Tao¹, Xiaoping Yan¹, Michael Weisman⁵ and Mariko Ishimori⁶, ¹China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China, ²Division of Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ³Radiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Structural damage is a major cause of poor outcomes in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). In China, structural damage characteristics of AS are rarely…
Abstract Number: 2222 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Construct Validity of Provisional Remission Criteria for Gout: A Dual Energy CT Study
Nicola Dalbeth¹, Christopher Frampton², Maple Fung³, Scott Baumgartner³, Savvas Nicolaou⁴ and Hyon K. Choi⁵, ¹University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ²University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand, ³Formerly Ardea Biosciences, San Diego, CA, ⁴Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Provisional domains and definitions for gout remission criteria have been proposed using consensus methodology (de Lautour et al, Arthritis Care Res 2016). These criteria…
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: 2235 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Monosodium Urate Deposition Distribution in the Knees, Hands, and Feet of Treated Gout Patients: A Dual-Energy CT Study
Chio Yokose¹, Nicola Dalbeth², Savvas Nicolaou³, Scott Baumgartner⁴, Jia Hu⁵, Maple Fung⁴, F. Joseph Simeone⁶ and Hyon K. Choi¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ³Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴Formerly Ardea Biosciences, San Diego, CA, ⁵Heron Therapeutics, San Diego, CA, ⁶Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Prior studies have demonstrated that monosodium urate (MSU) deposits on dual-energy CT (DECT) are commonly found in joints as well as tendons of the…
Abstract Number: 798 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Predominant Fasciitis and Mild Intramuscular Edema on Muscle Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Scleroderma-Associated Myopathy
Julie J. Paik¹, Shivani Ahlawat², Filippo DelGrande³, Laura K. Hummers⁴, Fredrick M. Wigley⁴, Ami A. Shah⁴, Andrew Mammen⁵ and Laura Fayad⁶, ¹Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁵National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁶Radiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Skeletal myopathy in systemic sclerosis is poorly defined. The spectrum of muscle histopathology in systemic sclerosis has been previously studied and shown to be…
Abstract Number: 2924 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Spinal Radiographic Progression in Early Axial Spondyloarthritis: 5-Year Data from the DESIR Cohort
Sofia Ramiro¹, Désirée van der Heijde², Alexandre Sepriano³, Miranda van Lunteren⁴, Anna Molto⁵, Maria Antonietta D'Agostino⁶, Damien Loeuille⁷, Maxime Dougados⁸, M. Reijnierse⁹ and Pascal Claudepierre¹⁰, ¹Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen & Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Hôpital Cochin, Department of Rheumatology, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris Ambroise Paré Hospital, Boulogne-Billancourt , Université Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Paris, France, ⁷Rheumatology, University Hospital of Nancy, NANCY, France, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Paris Descartes University and Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ⁹Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ¹⁰Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
Background/Purpose: Spinal radiographic progression has been investigated in patients with r-axSpA, but not yet as thoroughly in early axSpA. We aimed to analyse the progression…
Abstract Number: 865 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Structural and Microstructural Intraarticular Bone Changes at the Metacarpal Heads in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis Compared to Controls: A HR-pQCT Study
Dongze Wu¹, James F Griffith², Steven H.M. Lam¹, Jiang Yue¹, Priscilla Wong¹, Lin Shi³, Edmund Li¹, Isaac T. Cheng¹, Tena K. Li¹, Tracy Y. Zhu⁴, Vivian W. Hung⁴, Ling Qin⁵ and Lai-Shan Tam⁶, ¹Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, The Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, China, ²Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, The Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, ³Research Centre for Medical Image Computing, Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, The Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, ⁴Bone Quality and Health Centre of the Department of Orthopedics & Traumatology, The Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, ⁵Bone Quality and Health Centre of the Department of Orthopedics & Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ⁶Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Background/Purpose: Metacarpal head directly exposed to intra-articular inflammatory milieu, therefore may lead to abnormal bone remodeling (bone loss and new bone formation). The aims of…
Abstract Number: 866 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Patterns of Monosodium Urate Deposition on Dual-Energy CT in Gout Patients on Urate-Lowering Therapy
Chio Yokose¹, Yuqing Zhang², Nicola Dalbeth³, Jie Wei¹, Savvas Nicolaou⁴, Scott Baumgartner⁵, Jia Hu⁶, Maple Fung⁵ and Hyon K. Choi¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Department of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ⁴Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵Formerly Ardea Biosciences, San Diego, CA, ⁶Heron Therapeutics, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: Gout is typically characterized as an acute monoarthritis involving the joints of the foot. However, polyarticular involvement develops, especially in advanced disease. Patterns of…
Abstract Number: 896 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pharmacogenomics Study of Predicting Response of TNF Blocker and Medical Image Progression in Chinese Han Ankylosing Spondylitis Population
Jing Liu¹, Weilin Pu¹, Qi Zhu², He Fan¹, Wei Wan³, Hejian Zou⁴, Xiaodong Zhou⁵, John D. Reveille⁶, Dongyi He² and Jiucun Wang¹, ¹State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, ²Institute of Arthritis Research, Shanghai Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Guanghua Integrative Medicine Hospital, Shanghai, China, ³Division of Rheumatology, Changhai Hospital, Shanghai, China, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, ⁵Internal Medicine-Rheumatology, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁶McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: TNF blockers, have been widely used in immune-mediated diseases and many genetic variations predicting treatment response have been described. We applied previously published genetic…
Abstract Number: 922 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anakinra Treatment Prevents Myocardial Mechanical Dysfunction and Inhibits Histologic Evidence of Myocardial Inflammation in the Mouse Model of Kawasaki Disease
Mark Gorelik^1,2, Youngho Lee³, Masanori Abe⁴, Thomas Andrews⁵, Jean Patterson¹, Magali Noval Rivas⁴, Gregory Aune⁵ and Moshe Arditi⁴, ¹Immunology and Virology, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, ²Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ³Department of Cell Biology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Pediatrics, Cedars Sinai, Beverly Hills, CA, ⁵Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Background/Purpose: Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute, febrile illness of childhood with sequelae of coronary artery aneurysms and cardiac fibrosis, and is the most common…

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