Abstracts tagged "pannus and rheumatoid arthritis (RA)"

Abstract Number: 1382 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Characteristics of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Atlanto-Axial Pannus
Jessica Williams¹, Andrew Joyce², Glenn Gaviola¹, Zacharia Isaac^1,2 and Joerg Ermann³, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Formation of pannus, an inflammatory tissue mass, in the atlanto-axial joint of the cervical spine is an important sequela of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Atlanto-axial…