Abstracts tagged "Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)"

Abstract Number: 150 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasonography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Changes in Polymyalgia Rheumatica Patients Treated By Tocilizumab
Anais Huwart¹, Florent Garrigues², Sandrine Jousse-Joulin³, Thierry Marhadour⁴, Jean-Marie Berthelot⁵, Maelenn Gouillou⁶, Alain Saraux⁷ and Valerie Devauchelle-Pensec⁸, ¹Radiology, Cavale Blanche Hospital and Brest Occidentale University, Brest, France, ²Radiology department, Cavale Blanche Hospital and Brest Occidentale University, Brest, France, ³Rheumatology, CHu La cavle Blanche, Brest, France, ⁴Rheumatology, CHU La Cavale Blanche, Brest, France, ⁵Service Rheumatology, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France, ⁶Clinical Investigation Centre (CIC) 1412, CHU Cavale Blanche- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Brest, France, ⁷Rheumatology Department, CHU de la Cavale Blanche, Brest Cedex, France, ⁸Rheumatology, Brest university medical school, EA 2216, Lab Ex, INSERM, IGO,UBO and CHU de la Cavale Blanche,, Brest, France
Background/Purpose: Clinical and biological exams are the basis for polymyalgia rheumatic (PMR) monitoring. New imaging techniques such as ultrasound (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)…
Abstract Number: 159 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessing Agreement Among Measures of Inflammation Detected on Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Ultrasound and Clinical Findings in the Feet of Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Karen A. Beattie¹, George Ioannidis², Sydney Scheffler³, Saara Totterman⁴, Edward Schreyer⁵ and Maggie Larche¹, ¹Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁴Radiology, VirtualScopics Inc., Rochester, NY, ⁵QMetrics Technologies, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: In metatarsalphalangeal (MTP) joints 2-5 of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we aimed to assess the agreement between i) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)…
Abstract Number: 736 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Multi-Center, Open Label, Randomized Clinical Tries of Etanercept and Celecoxib Alone/Combined Treatment in Effectiveness and Safety of Ankylosing Spondylitis
Jieruo Gu¹, Liudan Tu², Minjing Zhao³, Zhiming Lin⁴, Zetao Liao⁵, Shuangyan Cao⁶, Qinghong Yu⁷ and Zhizhong Ye⁸, ¹Rheumatology, Third affiliated hospital of Sun Yat-sen Universtiy, Guangzhou, China, ²The Third Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, ³The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, guangzhou, China, ⁴Rheumatology, 3rd Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen Uni, Guangzhou, China, ⁵Rheumatology, 3rd Affiliated Hoapital of Sun Yat-Sen Uni, Guangzhou, China, ⁶Rheumatology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Fourth People’s Hospital of Shenzhen City, Xiangmi Lake branch, Guangzhou, China, ⁸Department of Rheumatology，ZhuJiang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
Background/Purpose: To compare the clinical、radiographic and magnatic resonance imaging change in active ankylosing spondylitis patients with etanercept and celecoxib alone/combined treatment，and to evaluate the effectiveness…
Abstract Number: 938 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prevalence of Non-Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis in Psoriatic Arthritis – a Single Center Observational Study
Victoria Furer¹, Moshe Stark², Hagit Matz³, David Levartovsky⁴, Jonathan Wallman⁵, Irena Wigler⁶, Hagit Sarvagyl-Maman⁷, Ofir Elalouf⁸, Sara Borok Lev-Ran⁹, Daphna Paran⁶, Gideon Flusser¹⁰, Iddo Drukman¹⁰, Iris Eshed¹¹ and Ori Elkayam¹², ¹Rheumatology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, The Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, ²Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel, ³Dermatology, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁴Rheumatology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, ⁵Rheumatology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel, ⁶Rheumatology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁷Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel-aviv, Israel, ⁸Rheumatology, Tel Aviv Medical Center and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, ⁹Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine,Tel Aviv University, Tel AViv, Israel, ¹⁰Radiology, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ¹¹Department of Radiology, Sheba Medical Center, Israel, Tel Hashomer, Israel, ¹²Rheumatology, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
Background/Purpose: Sacroiliitis, as detected by plain radiographs of the sacroiliac joints (SIJ), has been reported in a third of the psoriatic arthritis (PsA) population. (1)…
Abstract Number: 1278 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Combined Positron Emission Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Assessing Gastrointestinal Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis: A Pilot Study
Sue-Ann Ng¹, Stephanie Marchesseau², Yu Tien Wang³, Josh Schaefferkoetter², Wanying Xie⁴, David Ng⁴, John Totman² and Andrea HL Low¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore; Duke-National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ²Clinical Imaging Research Center, A*STAR & National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ³Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ⁴Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc), a multi-organ fibrotic disease, affects the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) in 90% of patients. An urgent unmet need in the management of…
Abstract Number: 1303 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Is MRI More Sensitive Than Conventional Radiographs to Detect Hand Osteoarthritis Progression over 5 Years Follow-up?
Ida K. Haugen¹, Barbara Slatkowsky-Christensen², Karwan Faraj³ and Tore K. Kvien⁴, ¹P.O. Box 23, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Vinderen, Norway, ²Diakonhjemmet Sykehus, Revmatologisk Avd, Oslo, Norway, ³Radiology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose : Conventional radiographs (CR) are currently the imaging modality of choice for evaluation of structural hand osteoarthritis (OA) progression. Lately Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)…
Abstract Number: 1307 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Does Computerized Segmentation of Early Erosions on Magnetic Resonance Imaging Predict Functional Ability in Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Matthew Jessome¹, Michael Tomizza¹, Karen A. Beattie², William G. Bensen², Raja Bobba², Alfred Cividino², Patrick D. Emond², Chris Gordon², Lawrence Hart², George Ioannidis², Maggie Larche², Arthur Lau³, Ruben Tavares², Stephen Tytus² and Jonathan D. Adachi², ¹McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Functional ability of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients is reduced by both acute (inflammatory) and chronic (joint damage) disease manifestations. However, the impact of early…
Abstract Number: 1308 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
MRI Measures of Disease Activity and Joint Damage Are Associated with Patient-Reported Outcomes in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Joshua Baker¹, Philip G. Conaghan², Daniel Baker³, Paul Emery⁴ and Mikkel Østergaard⁵, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Leeds & NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Immunology, Centocor Inc., Malvern, PA, ⁴Division of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Disease, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Glostrup Hospital, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet - Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Glostrup, Denmark
Background/Purpose: We used data from a large clinical trial of golimumab (GO-BEFORE) to comprehensively assess associations between magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measures of synovitis, osteitis,…
Abstract Number: 1748 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Degenerative Changes at the Lumbar Spine in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis and Non-Specific Mechanical Low Back Pain: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study
Serkan Senol¹, Gamze Kilic², Sevgi Baspinar², Erkan Kilic³ and Salih Ozgocmen⁴, ¹Division of Neuroradiology, Erciyes University, Faculty of Medicine, Radiology, Kayseri, Turkey, ²Dept. PRM, Erciyes University, Faculty of Medicine,Division of Rheumatology, Kayseri, Turkey, ³Dept PRM, Erciyes University, Faculty of Medicine,Division of Rheumatology, Kayseri, Turkey, ⁴Dept.PRM, Erciyes University, Faculty of Medicine,Division of Rheumatology, Kayseri, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become an invaluable tool for early diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and several MRI-based studies have identified SpA-related inflammatory…
Abstract Number: 1883 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association of Myocardial Abnormalities with Disease Characteristic and Brain Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) in Systemic Sclerosis without Cardiac Symptoms As Assessed Using Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging; A Prospective Multi Center Study
Kaita Sugiyama¹, Hitomi Kobayashi², Yasuyuki Kobayashi³, Yosuke Nagasawa¹, Natsumi Ikumi⁴, Takamasa Nozaki⁵, Hirotake Inomata¹, Hidetaka Shiraiwa⁶, Hiromi Karasawa⁶, Noboru Kitamura⁷, Mitsuhiro Iwata⁵, Yoshihiro Matsukawa⁶ and Masami Takei⁵, ¹Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Hematology and Rheumatology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³Advanced Biomedical Imaging Informatics, St.Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan, ⁴Nihon University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Japan, ⁵Division of Hematology and Rheumatology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁶Division of Heamatology and Rheumatology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁷NIhon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: In the majority of SSc patients, however, cardiac involvement often remains subclinical. Primary myocardial abnomalities are characterized by ﬁbrosis. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) can…
Abstract Number: 1959 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Color Doppler Ultrasonography Appears to Perform Better Than Magnetic Resonance Angiography in the Diagnostics of Patients with Systemic Large Vessel Vasculitis
Andreas P Diamantopoulos^1,2, Julia Geiger³, Frode Lohne⁴, Geirmund Myklebust⁵ and Wolfgang A. Schmidt⁶, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital of Southern Norway Trust, Kristiansand, Norway, ²Rheumatology, Haugesund Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Haugesund, Norway, ³Department of Radiology, University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁴Radiology, Hospital of Southern Norway Trust, Kristiansand, Norway, ⁵Rheumatology, Hospital of Southern Norway, Kristiansand, Norway, ⁶Medical Center for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Berlin-Buch, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Color Doppler ultrasound (CDUS) and Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) has been extensively used in the diagnostics of large vessel vasculitis (LVV) [giant cell arteritis…
Abstract Number: 2387 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Effect of Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy in Patients with Osteoarthritis on Meniscal Body Extrusion
Martin Englund^1,2, Fan Zhang³, Ali Guermazi⁴, Frank W Roemer^5,6, Elena Losina⁷ and Jeffrey N. Katz⁸, ¹Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Orthopedics, Dept of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ²Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Orthopedics, Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ⁴Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁵Department of Radiology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁷Orthopaedics, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁸Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Meniscal damage and extrusion are both strongly associated with the progression of knee OA. Concerns have recently been raised that arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM)…
Abstract Number: 2942 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Longitudinal Analyses of Progression of Brain Athrophy in Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Aline Tamires Lapa¹, Nailu A. Sinicato², Mariana Postal¹, Fernando Cendes³, Roberto Marini Sr.⁴ and Simone Appenzeller⁵, ¹Medicine, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, ²Pediatrics, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, ³State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, ⁴Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, State University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medical Science, State University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: The CNS involvement in cSLE has been described to occur from 25-90% in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE). The aim of the study was…
Abstract Number: 3060 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Assessment of Disease Activity in Takayasu Arteritis; Six Years Experience from a Single Center
Handan Yarkan¹, Sedanur Karaman², Pinar Cetin¹, Servet Akar³, Aytac Gulcu⁴, Ahmet Yigit Goktay⁴, Gercek Can¹, Merih Birlik¹, Nurullah Akkoc⁵ and Fatos Onen¹, ¹Rheumatology, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey, ²Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Izmir Katip Celebi University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey, ⁴Radiology, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
Background/Purpose: The aim of this study is to analyze the activity parameters that affect the physicians global opinion (PGO) in TA. Methods: The data of…
Abstract Number: 296 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Different Patterns of Involvement of Thigh Muscles in Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis Using Fat-Suppressed Magnetic Resonance Sequences
Nicolo Pipitone¹, Antonella Notarnicola², Lucia Spaggiari³, Gabriele Levrini⁴, Arnaldo Scardapane⁵, Florenzo Iannone⁶, Giovanni Lapadula⁶, Giulio Zuccoli⁷ and Carlo Salvarani⁸, ¹Unità di Reumatologia, Reggio Emilia, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Bari, Italy, ²Karolinska Hospital, Rheumatology Unit, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Radiology, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁴Arcispedale S Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁵Radiology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy, ⁶Bari University, Rheumatology, Bari, Italy, ⁷Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁸Rheumatology, Arcispedale S.Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Background/Purpose: MRI is often used to evaluate muscle inflammation in myositis. Muscle edema on fat-suppressed (short tau inversion recovery, STIR) sequences is thought to represent…

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