Abstracts tagged "Imaging"

Abstract Number: 547 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison of Clinical and Imaging Characteristics of Axial Psoriatic Arthritis and Axial Spondyloarthritis
Neha Garg¹, Abhijeet Danve², Kiana Vakil-Gilani³ and Atul A. Deodhar⁴, ¹Arthritis & Rheumatic Diseases, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR, ²Arthritis & Rheumatic Diseases, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ³OHSU, Portland, OR, ⁴Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose Few studies have compared the clinical and imaging (x-ray and MRI) characteristics between axial psoriatic arthritis (axPsA) and axial spondyloarthritis patients without psoriasis (axSpA).…
Abstract Number: 2145 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Diagnostic Performance and Disease Activity Assessment By FDG-PET in Large-Vessel Vasculitis: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis
Michael Soussan¹, Patrick Nicolas², Catherine Schramm³, Sandrine Katsahian³, Veronique Eder⁴, Olivier Fain⁵ and Arsene Mekinian⁶, ¹Nuclear Medicine, Avicennes Hospital, Bobigny, France, ²Pharmacology, Avicenne Hospital, 93000, France, ³Inserm U1138, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Equipe 22, Paris 5, Paris 6, Paris, France, paris, France, ⁴Nuclear Medicine, Avicenne Hospital, Bobigny, France, ⁵Hôpital Saint Antoine, DHU i2B, Service de Médecine Interne, paris, France, ⁶Internal Medicine, DHUi2B Saint Antoine Hospital, paris, France
Background/Purpose: FDG-PET is increasingly used in the work up of large-vessel vasculitis (LVV). The purpose of this study is to perform a systematic review and…
Abstract Number: 147 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
US Lung Examination in SSc Patients: A Comparison of Two Different Scoring Systems
Andrea Delle Sedie¹, Cristina Lodato¹, Elisa Cioffi¹, Linda Carli², Stefano Bombardieri¹ and Lucrezia Riente¹, ¹Rheumatology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ²GenOMeC PhD, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
Background/Purpose Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a disease characterized by a progressive fibrosis of the skin and internal organs, which can lead to death. Lung involvement…
Abstract Number: 2127 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Subclinical Arthritis Is Detected By Macrophage Targeting and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) in Early RA Patients in Clinical Remission
Y.Y.J. Gent¹, M.M. ter Wee¹, D den Uyl¹, N. Ahmadi², W.F. Lems³, O.S. Hoekstra⁴, A.E. Voskuyl¹ and C.J. Van der Laken³, ¹Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Radiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology, VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Nuclear Medicine, VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Recurrent flares in RA patients in complete remission (CR) are not an uncommon phenomenon. Studies with advanced imaging techniques have suggested that residual subclinical…
Abstract Number: 126 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Asymptomatic Versus Symptomatic Ankle Joints in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A High Resolution B-Mode and Power Doppler Ultrasound Study
Mohammed Alsuwaidi¹, Boris P. Ehrenstein¹, Wolfgang Hartung¹ and Martin Fleck², ¹Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Asklepios Clinic Bad Abbach, Bad Abbach, Germany, ²Internal Medicine I, University Medical Center of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Despite a crucial role for RA patients’ mobility, the ankle joints are frequently clinically neglected, and omitted in activity scoring systems including DAS 28.…
Abstract Number: 2129 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sensitivity and Specificity of the “Green Nail” Sign in Fluorescence Optical Imaging in Psoriatic Arthritis
Oliver Wiemann¹, Stephanie G. Werner¹, Hannah Röver¹, Gudrun Lind-Albrecht¹, Sabine Mettler¹, Marina Backhaus² and Hans-Eckhard Langer¹, ¹RHIO (Rheumatology, Immunology, Osteology), Duesseldorf, Germany, ²Rheumatology/Immunology, Charite University Hospital, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose ICG-enhanced fluorescence optical imaging (FOI) is a novel technology for the assessment of inflammation in arthritis [1,2]. Recent work suggested that a “green nail”…
Abstract Number: 122 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Use of Ultrasound to Detect Residual Joint Inflammation in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Clinical Disease Remission
Gurjit S. Kaeley¹, Midori Jane Nishio², Janak Goyal³, Daryl MacCarter⁴, Alvin Wells⁵, Anabela Cardoso⁶, Shufang Liu⁷, Jasmina Kalabic⁸ and Hartmut Kupper⁸, ¹College of Medicine, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL, ²Diablo Clinical Research, Walnut Creek, CA, ³Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy, NJ, ⁴Coeur d'Alene Arthritis Clinic, Coeur d'Alene, ID, ⁵Rheumatology & Immunotherapy Center, Franklin, WI, ⁶AbbVie, Amadora, Portugal, ⁷AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁸AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Background/Purpose Patients (pts) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), who achieve clinical disease remission by treatment with disease- modifying agents may have residual joint inflammation and vascularization,…
Abstract Number: 1576 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Reversal of Damage in Psoriatic Arthritis
Amir Haddad¹, Ker-Ai Lee², Arane Thavaneswaran¹, Vinod Chandran¹, Richard J. Cook² and Dafna D. Gladman¹, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose Psoriatic arthritis could lead to severe damage and disability. However, cases of improvement in joint damage over time have been reported in the literature.…
Abstract Number: 1405 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Five-Year Changes in Myocardial Structure and Function in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
John M. Davis III¹, Grace Lin², Jae Oh³, Cynthia S. Crowson⁴, Terry M. Therneau⁵, Eric L. Matteson¹ and Sherine E. Gabriel⁶, ¹Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Cardiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁵Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁶Health Sciences Research & Div of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) suffer an increased risk of heart failure not explained by traditional cardiovascular risk factors. Previously, we have shown…
Abstract Number: 1204 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Oral Administration of Nano-Emulsion Curcumin in Mice Suppresses Inflammatory-Induced NFkB Signaling and Macrophage Migration
Nicholas A. Young¹, Michael Bruss², Mark Gardner³, William Willis³, Xiaokui Mo³, Giancarlo Valiente³, Yu Cao⁴, Zhongfa Liu⁴, Lai-Chu Wu¹ and Wael N. Jarjour⁵, ¹Immunology and Rheumatology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ²Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ³Rheumatology and Immunology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ⁴Rheumatology and Immunology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, columbus, OH, ⁵Dept of Rheumatology/Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: The major obstacles to successful use of curcumin as an anti-inflammatory agent are its low solubility in water and rapid metabolism, which both translate…
Abstract Number: 2995 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Surrogate Measures of Extent of Interstitial Lung Disease As Measured By Quantitative Radiographic Analysis in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Elizabeth Volkmann¹, Donald Tashkin², Chi-hong Tseng¹, Kim Hyun³, Jonathan Goldin³, Philip J. Clements⁴, Daniel E. Furst¹, Dinesh Khanna⁵, Eric Kleerup¹, Michael Roth¹ and Robert Elashoff⁶, ¹Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ³Radiology, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶Biomathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Extent of systemic sclerosis (SSc)-related interstitial lung disease (ILD) predicts disease course, mortality and treatment response. While quantitative analyses of total extent of ILD…
Abstract Number: 1190 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Osteoarthritis-like Changes Are Present in the Tibia and Femur 1 Year Following ACL Reconstruction
Valentina Pedoia¹, Drew A. Lansdown², Musa Zaid³, Charles McCulloch⁴, C. Benjamin Ma² and Xiaojuan Li⁵, ¹Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, Musculoskeletal Quantitative Imaging Research, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²Department of Orthopedic Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ³Musculoskeletal Quantitative Imaging Research, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Musculoskeletal Quantitative Imaging Research, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose Statistical Shape Modeling (SSM) is a promising tool that has the ability to characterize complex shapes in a brief feature vector. The application of…
Abstract Number: 2930 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Precisely Quantified Fibrosis in Labial Salivary Glands Predicts Sjögren’s Syndrome Classification in a Multiple Regression Model
Kerry M. Leehan^1,2, Michael Brown¹, Courtney Montgomery¹, Astrid Rasmussen¹, David M. Lewis³, Lida Radfar⁴, Donald U. Stone⁵, Stephen Young³, R. Hal Scofield^1,6, Kathy L. Sivils^1,2 and A. Darise Farris^2,7, ¹Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ³College of Dentistry, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴College of Dentristry, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵Department of Ophthalmology, Dean McGee Eye Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁶Department of Endocrinology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁷Arthritis and Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Primary Sjögren's Syndrome (pSS) is a systemic, progressive autoimmune exocrinopathy that presents diagnostic challenges. Focal lymphocytic infiltrates in labial salivary gland (SG) biopsies, serum…
Abstract Number: 1184 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Subclinical Inflammation in Psoriatic Patients with No History of Psoriatic Arthritis: An Assessment By Magnetic Resonance Imaging
David Simon¹, Francesca Faustini¹, Matthias Englbrecht¹, Arnd Kleyer¹, Roland Kocijan², Judith Haschka³, Sebastian Kraus³, Axel J. Hueber¹, Michael Sticherling⁴, Georg Schett¹ and Jürgen Rech³, ¹Department of Internal Medicine 3, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ²Medical Department II, St. Vincent Hospital, Vienna, Austria, ³Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Department of Dermatology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose Six to 39% of patients with cutaneous psoriasis (PSO) can develop psoriatic arthritis (PsA). The transition from skin disease to joint involvement is only…
Abstract Number: 2772 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Use of Imaging in the Diagnosis of Polymyalgia Rheumatica: Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis
Sarah Mackie¹, Gouri Koduri², Catherine L. Hill^3,4, Andrew Hutchings⁵, Richard J. Wakefield⁶, Bhaskar Dasgupta⁷ and Jeremy Wyatt⁸, ¹NIHR-Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Rheumatology, York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, York, United Kingdom, ³Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, Australia, ⁴Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, ⁵Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, ⁶NIHR-Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit and Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Southend University Hospital, Essex, United Kingdom, ⁸Leeds Insitute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose ACR/EULAR provisional classification criteria for polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) incorporate musculoskeletal ultrasound of shoulder and hip (bursitis and synovitis given equal weight). Our objective was…

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