Abstracts tagged "Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)"

Abstract Number: 18L • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Primary CNS Vaculitis Vs Neurosarcoidosis: Can We Predict the Diagnosis with MRI?
Didem Saygin¹, Priya Sundaram-Simonelli², Leonard H. Calabrese³, Elisabeth Ray⁴, William Messner⁵, Stephen Jones², Jinny Tavee⁶ and Rula A Hajj-Ali⁷, ¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Neuroradiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ³Rheumatic & Immunologic Disease, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Rheumatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁵Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁶Neuromuscular diseases, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁷Rheumatic and Immunologic Dis, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Background/Purpose: Neurosarcoidosis and primary angiitis of central nervous system (PACNS) are inflammatory diseases affecting central nervous system, with overlapping clinical and pathological characteristics. Differentiating between…
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: 1297 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Positive Sacroiliac Joint MRI in Asymptomatic Patients with Recurrent Acute Anterior Uveitis: A Proof of Concept
Thauana Oliveira¹, Walter Maksymowych², Robert G Lambert³, Cristina Muccioli¹ and Marcelo Pinheiro¹, ¹Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Medicine, University of Alberta,, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³Radiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Recurrent acute anterior uveitis (rAAU) is associated with spondyloarthritis (SpA). However, it is not known if patients with rAAU, but no back symptoms could…
Abstract Number: 1306 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Measures of Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Multiple Regimens of DMARD Therapy
Paolo Pace¹, Arthur Lau², Jonathan D. Adachi³, Matthew A. Jessome⁴, George Ioannidis² and Minta Patel⁵, ¹Rheumatology, McMaster Unversity, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁴Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁵Cambridge Memorial Hospital, Cambridge, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI ) in rheumatoid arthritis ( RA ) has been shown to be more sensitive than clinical and radiological parameters…
Abstract Number: 1781 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Analysis of Influences of Various Factors on the Prognosis of Acute Confusional State of Diffuse Psychiatric/Neuropsychological Syndromes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Gakuro Abe¹, Yoshiyuki Arinuma¹, Hirotoshi Kikuchi² and Shunsei Hirohata¹, ¹Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE), especially diffuse psychiatric/neuropsychological syndromes (diffuse NPSLE), is one of the most difficult complications of the disease. For the evaluation…
Abstract Number: 2317 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Preliminary Validation of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Based Inflammatory Scoring System in Adult Myositis
Nicolo Pipitone¹, Antonella Notarnicola^2,3, Arnaldo Scardapane⁴, Lucia Spaggiari⁵, Gabriele Levrini⁶, Florenzo Iannone⁷, Carlo Salvarani⁸, Giovanni Lapadula⁹, Ingrid E. Lundberg², Pierpaolo Pattacini¹⁰ and Giulio Zuccoli¹¹, ¹Rheumatology, Arcispedale S. M. Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ²Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Rheumatology, Bari University, Bari, Italy, ⁴Radiology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy, ⁵Radiology, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁶Arcispedale S Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁷Bari University, Rheumatology, Bari, Italy, ⁸Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁹Rheumatology Unit, University of Bari, Bari, Italy, ¹⁰Radiology, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ¹¹Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: in patients with active myositis, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) often demonstrates muscle edema thought to represent active inflammation. An MRI-based muscle inflammatory scoring system…
Abstract Number: 2367 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association Between MRI-Detected Osteophytes and Changes in Knee Pain and Structures in Older Adults: A Population Based Cohort Study
Zhaohua Zhu¹, Laura Laslett², Xingzhong Jin³, Weiyu Han¹, Benny Samuel Eathakkattu Antony⁴, Xia Wang⁵, Flavia M Cicuttini⁶, Graeme Jones^7,8 and Changhai Ding⁷, ¹Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, ²Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, ³Menzies institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, ⁴Musculoskeletal, Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, ⁵Menzies institute for medical research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, ⁶Monash University, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Melbourne, Australia, ⁷Musculoskeletal Unit, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, ⁸Musculoskeletal Unit, Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Hobart,7000, Australia
Background/Purpose: Osteophyte (OP) formation is one of the clinical features of osteoarthritis (OA), so early detection of OP formation can be of diagnostic value. OP…
Abstract Number: 3090 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Inflammation Detected with Modern Sensitive MRI Analysis Demonstrates That Therapeutic Response As Early As One Month Predicts 12-Month Radiographic Progression: Data from a Study Using Tofacitinib and Methotrexate in Early RA
Philip G. Conaghan¹, Michael A Bowes², Mikkel Østergaard³, Gwenael Guillard², Douglass Chapman⁴, Amy Stein⁵, John Andrews⁴, Zhiyong Xie⁶, Andrew Koenig⁷, Koshika Soma⁴ and Bethanie Wilkinson⁶, ¹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Imorphics Ltd, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁴Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, ⁵Biostatistics, Quintiles, Morrisville, NC, ⁶Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ⁷Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib is an oral Janus kinase inhibitor for the treatment of RA. A novel automated quantification method for RA MRI-detected pathology using statistical shape…
Abstract Number: 3158 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
What Predicts Absence of Spinal Damage in Patients with Spondyloarthritis after Prolonged Follow up?
Walter Maksymowych¹, Stephanie Wichuk¹, Praveena Chiowchanwisawakit², Robert G Lambert³ and Susanne J Pedersen⁴, ¹Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, ³Radiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospitals, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: After 20 years of follow up the majority of patients with aspondyloarthritis (SpA) have developed new bone in the spine although disease may remain…
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: 330 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Calf Muscle Adiposity Is Associated with Impaired Physical Performance in Knee OA
Michael Davison¹, Monica R. Maly², Jonathan D. Adachi³ and Karen A. Beattie⁴, ¹School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁴Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative disease associated with significant muscle weakness and disability. Ectopic fat in the thigh, including intramuscular fat (intraMF; fat…
Abstract Number: 927 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasound Assessment of Heel Entheses in Spondyloarthritis Patients: A Comparative Study with Radiography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Rodrigo Aguila Maldonado¹, Santiago Ruta², Claudia Elizabeth Pena¹, Maria Laura Valuntas³, Gisela Pendón⁴, Dora Pereira⁴ and Mercedes Argentina García⁵, ¹Rheumatology Unit, HIGA San Martín La Plata, La Plata, Argentina, ²Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³Servicio de Tomografía Computada y Resonancia Magnética, Sanatorio IPENSA, La Plata, Argentina, ⁴Hospital Ricardo Gutierrez, La Plata, La Plata, Argentina, ⁵Rheumatology Unit, HIGA San Martín, La Plata, Argentina
Background/Purpose: enthesitis is one of the main hallmarks of Spondyloarthritis (SpA), being heel entheses frequently involved. Different imaging modalities, such as conventional radiography (CR), ultrasound…

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