Abstracts tagged "Miscellaneous Rheumatic and Inflammatory Diseases"

Abstract Number: 1153 • ACR Convergence 2023
Unmasking SAPHO: A Case Series Revealing the Clinical Spectrum and Treatment Approaches
Manush Sondhi¹, Warda Maqsood² and Sarwat Umer³, ¹Louisiana State University, Shreveport, LA, ²LSU Health Science Center, Shreveport, LA, ³LSU Health Shreveport, Shreveport, LA
Background/Purpose: SAPHO (synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, and osteitis) is a relatively rare and often underdiagnosed inflammatory disorder. Its diagnosis can be challenging due to its…
Abstract Number: 0126 • ACR Convergence 2023
Epidemiology and Retrospective Case-Control Analysis of IIM in the US Veteran Population
Vladimir Liarski, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy (IIM) - comprising polymyositis (PM), dermatomyositis (DM), and inclusion body myositis (IBM) - is rare and difficult to study. We sought…
Abstract Number: 1656 • ACR Convergence 2023
Nothing About Us Without Us: Top 10 Research Priorities from Patients – A James Lind Alliance Project for Public and Patient Involvement (PPI)
anna Fryxelius¹, Amy Martinsen², Ida Løchting³, Linda Aimee Hartford Kvæl⁴, Astrid Lunestad², Astrid Bergland⁴ and Kjersti Storheim², ¹Norwegian Rheumatism Association / REMEDY - Center for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases, Oslo, Norway, ²Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³REMEDY - Center for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases, Oslo, Norway, ⁴OsloMET, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: Patient and public involvement (PPI) is gaining increasing recognition as important to ensure research is relevant and to reduce avoidable research waste. Active collaboration…
Abstract Number: 0252 • ACR Convergence 2023
Characterizing Granulomatous Mastitis: A Retrospective, Single-Institutional Case Series of a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Cohort
Lindsay Pattison¹, Bibi Ayesha², Anand Kumthekar³, Maureen McEvoy², Beth McLellan² and Inessa Gendlina², ¹Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ²Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ³Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Background/Purpose: Granulomatous mastitis (GM) is a rare, chronic, inflammatory breast condition characterized by granulomatous inflammation affecting mainly minority women of childbearing age. Patients present with…
Abstract Number: 1806 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Prevalence of Cardiac Sarcoidosis – A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis
Daming Shao¹, Jiyoung Seo¹, Shaunak Mangeshkar¹, Natalia Nazarenko¹, Stepan Esagian¹, Leonidas Palaiodimos¹ and Damianos Kokkinidis², ¹Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ²Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Background/Purpose: Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) results from granulomatous infiltrating of the myocardium and manifests as an extended clinical spectrum from silence to conduction disturbances, ventricular tachyarrhythmias,…
Abstract Number: 0262 • ACR Convergence 2023
Destructive Arthritis in Whipple Disease. a Single-center Case Series of 14 Patients
Xavier Puéchal¹, Philippe Blanche², Olivier Fogel³, Omar Al Tabaa⁴, Roba Ghossan⁴, Xavier Ayral⁴, Jerome AVOUAC⁵, Maxime Breban⁶ and Yannick ALLANORE⁷, ¹National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Paris, France, ²Department of Internal Medicine, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ³HOPITAL COCHIN AP-HP, Service de Rhumatologie, Paris, France, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ⁵Rheumatology A Department, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP Centre - Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, ⁷Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Whipple disease is a chronic, curable, systemic bacterial infection caused by Tropheryma whipplei. The classic form usually begins with recurrent arthritis, followed years later…
Abstract Number: 1851 • ACR Convergence 2023
Healthcare Providers’ Experiences of a Mandatory Nationwide Transition to an Adalimumab Biosimilar
Chiara Gasteiger¹, Maria Lobo², Lun Shen Wong¹, Rachel Murdoch¹ and Nicola Dalbeth¹, ¹University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ²Department of Rheumatology, Te Toka Tumai Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: Transitioning patients with rheumatic diseases to biosimilars has become common to reduce healthcare costs and improve patient access to biologic therapies. However, it is…
Abstract Number: 0263 • ACR Convergence 2023
Patient, Disease, and Treatment Factors in Remission of Inflammatory Eye Disease
Taylor Koenig¹, David Fell¹, Danny Mammo¹, Chao Zhang², Sunil Srivastava¹, Careen Lowder¹, Sumit Sharma¹ and Rula Hajj-Ali¹, ¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Noninfectious inflammatory eye disease (NIIED) is a sight-threatening condition with two-thirds of patients incurring prolonged vision loss due to uncontrolled ocular inflammation. Non-glucocorticoid systemic…
Abstract Number: 1921 • ACR Convergence 2023
Clinical Spectrum of VEXAS Syndrome in a Rheumatology Department
Herman Mann¹, Blanka Stiburkova², Katerina Pavelcova¹, Monika Belickova³, Cyril Salek³, Jana Juhaszova¹ and Jiri Vencovsky⁴, ¹Institute of Rheumatology, Praha 2, Czech Republic, ²Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, ³Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Praha 2, Czech Republic, ⁴Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: VEXAS (vacuoles, E1 activating enzyme, X-linked, auto-inflammatory, somatic) syndrome is a clinically serious and potentially fatal adult-onset disease caused by somatic mutations in the…
Abstract Number: 0270 • ACR Convergence 2023
Exploring the Potential of Oral Administration of 5-aminolevulinic Acid/sodium Ferrous Citrate in Adult-onset Still’s Disease: Preclinical Study in Mice and Pilot Investigation in Humans to Assess Efficacy and Safety
Tomohiro Koga¹, Remi Sumiyoshi¹, Yoshika Tsuji¹, Ken Kodama², Kaori Furukawa¹, Yushiro Endo¹ and Atsushi Kawakami³, ¹Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Division of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, ²Neophama Japan, Tokyo, Japan, ³Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
Background/Purpose: The primary objective of this study is to elucidate the therapeutic potential of 5-aminolevulinic acid/sodium ferrous citrate (5-ALA/SFC) in ameliorating the pathological manifestations associated…
Abstract Number: 1924 • ACR Convergence 2023
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Clinical and Psychosocial Features of Patients with UCTD
Caroline Siegel¹, Lucy Masto¹, Amaya Smole¹, Bessie Stamm¹, JoAnn Vega¹, Dongmei Sun¹, Deanna Jannat-Khah¹, Michael Lockshin², Lisa Sammaritano² and Medha Barbhaiya², ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: The early COVID-19 pandemic led to physical and psychological burdens for patients with systemic rheumatic diseases, whether or not they had had COVID-19. To…
Abstract Number: 0272 • ACR Convergence 2023
Risk Factors for Severe Outcome in Susac Syndrome: A National Cohort Study
Marion Peyre¹, Arthur Mageau¹, Marie-cecile Henry Feugeas², Serge Doan², Caroline Halimi², Isabelle Klein³, Tiphaine Goulenok², Chrystelle Francois², Marie-Paule Chauveheid², Thomas Papo¹ and Karim Sacre¹, ¹Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ²Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, Paris, France, ³Clinique Alleray-Labrouste, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Susac syndrome (SuS) is a rare vasculitis affecting the brain, retina and inner ear in young women. Nonreversible hearing loss is the main long-term…
Abstract Number: 1931 • ACR Convergence 2023
Anti-Ku Antibodies: A Case Series
Raquel Ugena García¹, Cristina Calomarde Gomez¹, Joan Climent² and Lourdes Mateo Soria², ¹Rheumatology department. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ²Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Anti-Ku antibodies (Abs) were initially described in patients with polymyositis and scleroderma. Subsequently, an association has been demonstrated with other systemic autoimmune diseases (SADs),…
Abstract Number: 0281 • ACR Convergence 2023
Is There a Decreased Risk of Developing CF Arthropathy in CF Patients Undergoing Treatment That Targets the F508del Mutation?
Kristin Schmiedeberg¹, Anna-Lena Walter¹, Lukas Joos¹, Martin Brutsche¹, Johannes von Kempis² and Andrea Rubbert-Roth¹, ¹Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland, ²Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Division of rheumatology and immunology, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is characterized by mutations within the CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) gene that result in a defect of the chloride…
Abstract Number: 1940 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Single-center, Observational, Retrospective, Case Control Study of Rituximab for the Treatment of Interstitial Pneumonia Associated with Autoimmune Features
Tegveer Sandhu¹, Lea Meir², Nicole Ng¹, Lila Klein¹, Jigna Zatakia¹, Maria Padilla¹ and Ioannis Tassiulas¹, ¹Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ²Icahn School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Patients with interstitial lung diseases (ILD) and clinical features of autoimmunity who do not satisfy the classification criteria for a specific autoimmune rheumatic disease…

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