Abstracts tagged "Imaging"

Abstract Number: 1977 • ACR Convergence 2024
Three-dimensional Stereophotogrammetry Has Utility in Tracking Upper Eyelid Involvement and Overall Disease Worsening in Patients with Craniofacial Localized Scleroderma
Tyler Cepica¹, Jennifer Foster², Priya Sarlashkar², Rami Hallac³ and Heidi Jacobe², ¹University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Benbrook, TX, ²The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Dermatology, Dallas, TX, ³The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Pastic Surgery, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Craniofacial localized scleroderma’s (LoS) indolent and subtle course poses challenges in quantifying disease progression. Traditional serial photography and the Localized Scleroderma Cutaneous Assessment Tool…
Abstract Number: 2648 • ACR Convergence 2024
Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis by 18F-FDG PET/CT in Patients on Glucocorticoid Therapy: Importance of Delayed Imaging
Vicente Aldasoro¹, Vicky Betech-Antar², Santos Castañeda³, Eugenio De Miguel⁴, Juan José Rosales⁵ and Maria Jose García Velloso⁵, ¹Hospital Universitario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ²Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
Background/Purpose: The aim of this study is to analyse the diagnostic value of the delay images at 180 minutes in positron emission tomography (PET) performed in…
Abstract Number: 0272 • ACR Convergence 2024
Calcifications of the Transverse Ligament of the Atlas in Patients Diagnosed with Calciumpyrophosphate Crystal Arthritis – a Retrospective Observational Study
Shay Brikman¹, Noga Shabshin² and Amir Bieber³, ¹Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel, ²Emek Medical Center, Clalit Health Services, Afula, Israel, ³Emek Medical Center, Clalit Health Services, Raanana, Israel
Background/Purpose: Chondrocalcinosis (CC) is commonly detected on X-ray films of the knee, wrist, and symphysis pubis. Calcium pyrophosphate (CPP) deposition disease is sometimes associated with…
Abstract Number: 0851 • ACR Convergence 2024
Diagnostic Ultrasound Enthesitis Tool (DUET) for Psoriatic Arthritis: The Distribution of Elementary Lesions Is Influenced by Site
Lihi Eder¹, Ricardo Acayaba de Toledo², Fahmeen Afgani³, Catherine Bakewell⁴, Philippe Carron⁵, Basant Elnady⁶, Amir Haddad⁷, Arthur Kavanaugh⁸, Arnon Katz⁹, Minna Kohler¹⁰, josefina marin¹¹, NZEUSSEU TOUKAP Adrien¹², Marcos Rosemffet¹³, Ari Polachek¹⁴, Ernesto Rodriguez¹⁵, Ágnes Sarolta Szentpétery¹⁶, Abha Singh¹⁷, Maria S. Stoenoiu¹⁸, Ilaria Tinazzi¹⁹, Janeth Yinh¹⁰, Gurjit Kaeley²⁰ and Sibel Aydin²¹, ¹University of Toronto, Women’s College Hospital and Department of Medicine, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²FAMERP, São José do Rio Preto, Brazil, ³Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Canada, ⁴Intermountain Health Care, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵UZ Gent, Gent, Belgium, ⁶Al Hada Forces Hospital, Rheumatology Department, Taif, Saudi Arabia, ⁷Carmel Medical Centre, Haifa, Israel, ⁸University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ⁹GRAPPA - Patient Research Partner, Haifa, Israel, ¹⁰Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹¹Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, buenos aires, Argentina, ¹²Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Université catholique de Louvain, St.-Lambrechts-Woluwe, Belgium, ¹³Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Capital Federal, Argentina, ¹⁴Tel-Aviv Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel, Petah-Tikva, Israel, ¹⁵Florida Medical Clinic, Tampa, FL, ¹⁶Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden, ¹⁷University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, ¹⁸Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium, ¹⁹Ospedale Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria, Verona, Italy, ²⁰UF COM-J, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, ²¹University of Ottawa - Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Enthesitis is a key domain in psoriatic arthritis (PsA). The Diagnostic Ultrasound Enthesitis Tool (DUET) study aims to develop a new PsA-specific sonographic scoring…
Abstract Number: 1442 • ACR Convergence 2024
Relationship Between Degenerative Lesions over Time in Axial Spondyloarthritis: 10-year Follow-up of the DESIR Cohort
Laura Pina Vegas¹, Floris van Gaalen², Miranda van Lunteren³, Damien Loeuille⁴, Caroline Morizot⁵, Esther Newsum⁶, Pascal Claudepierre⁷, Alain SARAUX⁸, Antoine Feydy⁹, Monique Reijnierse¹, Desiree van der Heijde¹⁰ and Sofia Ramiro¹¹, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²LUMC, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, ³Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, ⁴Phd, Nancy Vandoeuvre, Lorraine, France, ⁵Nancy University hospital, Nancy, France, ⁶Nij Smellinghe, Drachten, Netherlands, ⁷CHU Henri Mondor, AP-HP/EpiDermE, UPEC, Créteil, France, ⁸CHU Brest, Brest, France, ⁹CHU Cochin, AP-HP, Paris, France, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Meerssen, Netherlands, ¹¹Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Spinal degenerative lesions (DLs) are commonly seen/reported in radiographs and MRI in axSpA. However, the relationship between the different DLs over time has not…
Abstract Number: 1683 • ACR Convergence 2024
68Ga-FAPI PET/CT Imaging for Assessing Renal Tubulointerstitial Fibrosis in Lupus Nephritis
Shuyi Yu, Zetao Ding, Haoyu Pan, Jinyi Qian, Zhixia Yang, Xiaohan Wei, Chengde Yang and Hui Shi, Department of Rheumatology and lmmunology, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, Shanghai, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility of using fibroblast activating protein inhibitor (FAPI) PET imaging as a molecular tracer and non-invasive tool for assessing renal tubulointerstitial…
Abstract Number: 2003 • ACR Convergence 2024
Cumulative Incidence of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Induced Inflammatory Arthritis in Lung Cancer Patients with and Without Hip Osteoarthritis and Impacts on Survival
Laura Cappelli¹, Shadpour Demehri¹, Joseph Murray¹, Julie Brahmer¹, Elena Ghotbi¹, Durrant Barasa¹, Clifton Bingham² and Ami Shah³, ¹Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Ellicott City, MD
Background/Purpose: Rheumatologists are increasingly called upon to manage patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA) due to immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy. The pathogenesis of ICI-IA is…
Abstract Number: 2683 • ACR Convergence 2024
Optical Coherence Angiography: A Non-invasive, Safe Method for Assessing the Systemic Sclerosis Related Vasculopathy Beyond Nailfold Capillaries
Pavel Nikitin¹, Harshdeep Chawla¹, Manmohan Singh¹, Samuel Theodore², Salavat Aglyamov¹, Meng Zhang², Brian Skaug², Maureen Mayes², Kirill Larin¹ and Shervin Assassi², ¹University of Houston, Houston, TX, ²UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Vascular involvement is a prominent feature of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Safe and non-invasive methods to visualize cutaneous blood vessels beyond nailfold capillaries are lacking.…
Abstract Number: 0321 • ACR Convergence 2024
Diffusion Weighted Imaging in Muscle MRI Can Detect Quantitative Improvements in Muscle Edema: A Post-hoc Analyses of the Study of Tofacitinib in Refractory Dermatomyositis
Julie Paik¹, Patrick Debs², Anshula Nallapati¹, Lisa Christopher-Stine¹, Jemima Albayda³, Eleni Tiniakou⁴ and Laura Fayad², ¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Johns Hopkins Radiology, Baltimore, MD, ³Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Johns Hopkins University, Lutherville Timonium, MD
Background/Purpose: Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) in muscle magnetic resonance imaging is an underutilized, quantitative assessment tool in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM). It is not uncommon…
Abstract Number: 0854 • ACR Convergence 2024
The OMERACT GCA Phantom Project: Validation of 3D Printed Ultrasound Training Models for Giant Cell Arteritis
Valentin Sebastian Schäfer¹, Tobias Schremmer², Florian Recker³, Wolfgang Hartung⁴, Christina Duftner⁵, Sara Monti⁶, Alojzija Hocevar⁷, Rositsa Karalilova⁸, Annamaria Iagnocco⁹, pierluigi macchioni¹⁰, Giuseppe Antonio Germano¹¹, ESPERANZA NAREDO¹², Eugenio De Miguel¹³, Luca Seitz¹⁴, Thomas Daikeler¹⁵, Dennis Boumans¹⁶, Chetan Mukhtyar¹⁷, Kate Smith¹⁸, Richard Wakefield¹⁸, Andreas Diamantopoulos¹⁹, Stavros Chrysidis²⁰, Berit Dalsgaard Nielsen²¹, Kresten Keller²², Uffe Moller Dohn²³, Lene Terslev²⁴, Marcin Milchert²⁵, Wolfgang Schmidt²⁶, George A. W. Bruyn²⁷, Aaron Juche²⁸ and Christian Dejaco²⁹, ¹Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, 53127 Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, ²Helios Klinikum Bonn/Rhein-Sieg, Bonn, Germany, ³Department for Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Bonn, Germany, Bonn, Germany, ⁴Asklepios Clinic, Tegernheim, Germany, ⁵Medical University Innsbruck/Tirol Kliniken GmbH, Innsbruck, Austria, ⁶IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy, ⁷University Medical Center Ljubljana, LJUBLJANA, Slovenia, ⁸Medical University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, ⁹University of Turin, Italy, Roma, Italy, ¹⁰SERVIZIO REUMATOLOGIA IRCCS REGGIO EMILIA, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ¹¹Rheumatology Unit- Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova Reggio Emilia-Italy, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ¹²Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain, ¹³Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁴Inselspital, Liebefeld, Switzerland, ¹⁵university hospital, Basel, Switzerland, ¹⁶Ziekenhuisgroep Twente (Hospital Group Twente), Borne, Netherlands, ¹⁷Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, United Kingdom, ¹⁸NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds, UK., Leeds, United Kingdom, ¹⁹Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway, ²⁰Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg, Denmark, ²¹Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital and Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, Vejle, Denmark, ²²Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ²³Rigshospitalet-Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark, ²⁴Rigshospitalet-Glostrup & COPECARE, Glostrup, Denmark, ²⁵Department of Rheumatology, Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Clinical Immunology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland., Szczecin, Poland, ²⁶Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²⁷Reumakliniek Lelystad, Loenga, Netherlands, ²⁸Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Centre for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, ²⁹Azienda Sanitaria Alto Adige, Brunico, Italy
Background/Purpose: Ultrasonography has been validated as a diagnostic tool for giant cell arteritis (GCA). Due to the urgent need for glucocorticoid treatment in acute GCA…
Abstract Number: 1443 • ACR Convergence 2024
Natural Course of Degenerative Lesions of the Spine on Radiographs and MRI in Axial SpondyloarthritisFollowed 10 Years in the DESIR Cohort
Laura PINA VEGAS¹, Miranda van Lunteren², Damien Loeuille³, Caroline Morizot⁴, Esther Newsum⁵, Sofia Ramiro⁶, Floris van Gaalen⁷, Alain SARAUX⁸, Pascal Claudepierre⁹, Antoine Feydy¹⁰, Desiree van der Heijde¹¹ and Monique Reijnierse¹, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, ³Phd, Nancy Vandoeuvre, Lorraine, France, ⁴Nancy University hospital, Nancy, France, ⁵Nij Smellinghe, Drachten, Netherlands, ⁶Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands, ⁷LUMC, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, ⁸CHU Brest, Brest, France, ⁹CHU Henri Mondor, AP-HP/EpiDermE, UPEC, Créteil, France, ¹⁰CHU Cochin, AP-HP, Paris, France, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Meerssen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Radiographs and MRI are the two imaging techniques often used to assess structural lesions in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). A high prevalence of degenerative lesions…
Abstract Number: 1690 • ACR Convergence 2024
FAPI-PET/CT as a Predictor of Accelerated Lung Function Deterioration in Systemic Sclerosis Related Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD): Preliminary-interim Analysis from a Confirmatory Risk Factor Study
Armin Atzinger¹, Yixing Huang², Koray Tascilar³, Nadine Bayerl⁴, Jörg Distler⁵, Katrin Staudt³, Havanur Kartalczik⁶, Cosimo Bruni⁷, Oliver Distler⁸, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold⁹, Tobias Bäuerle⁴, Andrea Prenner¹⁰, Florian Putz², Katharina Breininger¹¹, Torsten Kuwert¹², Bernhard Kainz¹¹, Georg Schett¹³ and Christina Bergmann¹⁴, ¹Department of Nuclear Medicine, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nurnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ²Department Radiation Therapy, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nurnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ³Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology & Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nurnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Department Radiology, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nurnber, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf and Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology & Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nurnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Frankfurt, Germany, ⁷University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁰Department Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering; FAU, Erlangen, Germany, ¹¹Department Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering, Erlangen, Germany, ¹²Department Nuclear Medicine, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nurnber, Erlangen, Germany, ¹³Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, ¹⁴Department Internal Medicine III, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nurnber, Frankfurt, Germany
Background/Purpose: 68Ga-FAPI-PET/CT is a novel imaging method monitoring in-vivo fibroblast activation. We recently described an association of 68Ga-FAPI-uptake with deterioration of Forced Vital capacity (FVC)…
Abstract Number: 2018 • ACR Convergence 2024
Non-adherence to Urate Lowering Therapy in Gout After 5 Years Is Related to Poor Outcomes – Results from the NOR-Gout Study
Tillmann Uhlig¹, Lars F Karoliussen¹, Joseph Sexton², Sella A. Provan², Espen A. Haavardsholm³, Nicola Dalbeth⁴ and Hilde B Hammer¹, ¹Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Center for treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ³Center for treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, and University of Oslo (UiO), Institute of Clinical Medicine, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ⁴University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: People with gout need to adhere to medication over time to achieve good outcomes. We assessed self-reported adherence to medication with urate lowering therapy…
Abstract Number: 2684 • ACR Convergence 2024
Assessment of Skin in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis Using High Frequency Ultrasound : A Comparative Study with Histology and Clinical Parameters of Skin Disease
Ruhani Desai¹, Filemon Tan², Minghua Wu³, Jefferey Browning⁴, Samuel Theodore³, Meng Zhang³, Brian Skaug³, Maureen Mayes³ and Shervin Assassi³, ¹UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, DeLand, FL, ²University of Texas at Houston McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ³UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ⁴Boston Univeristy, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The extent of skin involvement and its rate of progression can provide prognostic information for systemic sclerosis (SSc)-related morbidity and mortality. Moreover, skin assessment…
Abstract Number: 0472 • ACR Convergence 2024
Impaired Cardiac Function in Contemporary Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: A Comparative Pilot Study with Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance-derived Strain Analysis
Bas Dijkshoorn¹, Sreen Mohamed², Romy Hansildaar², Henk Everaars³, Geoffrey Mooij³, Luuk Hopman³, Paul Knaapen³, Lourens Robbers³ and Michael Nurmohamed⁴, ¹Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology center location Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Heart failure (HF) is an important, underdiagnosed comorbidity, with increased morbidity and mortality rates in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. The risk of developing HF…

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