Abstracts tagged "Myositis and scleroderma"

Abstract Number: 948 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Application of a Diagnostic Algorithm to Identify Inflammatory Myopathy in Systemic Sclerosis
Vandana Bhushan^1,2, Adam Maundrell¹, Charlotte Proudman^1,2, Leah McWilliams¹, Llew Spargo¹, Robert Metcalf¹, Jennifer Walker³, Mandana Nikpour^4,5, Wendy Stevens⁴, Vidya Limaye^1,2 and Susanna Proudman^1,2, ¹Rheumatology Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia, Adelaide, Australia, ²Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, South Australia, Adelaide, Australia, ³Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia, ⁴St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, ⁵Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Background/Purpose: Muscle involvement in systemic sclerosis (SSc) is under-recognised and poorly understood. Reported prevalence varies up to 15%, reflecting lack of consistent definition, the heterogeneous…
Abstract Number: 205 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Idiopathic Inflammatory Myositis Is Associated with an Increased Incidence of Systemic Sclerosis
Shreyas H. Chaudhary¹, Susanna Proudman² and Vidya S. Limaye³, ¹Medical Student University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, ²Rheumatology Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, ³Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) and idiopathic inflammatory myositis (IIM) are two systemic autoimmune connective tissue diseases with predominant effects on skin and muscle respectively .…