Abstracts tagged "Pediatric rheumatology"

Abstract Number: 1160 • ACR Convergence 2020
Treatment Intensity and Impact on Bone Lesion Evolution and Distribution Patterns in Severe Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis
Aleksander Lenert¹, T. Shawn Sato², Sedat G Kandemirli¹, Patrick Ten Eyck¹ and Polly Ferguson³, ¹University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ²University of Iowa, Iowa City, ³University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA
Background/Purpose: To compare bone lesion evolution and bone lesion distribution patterns identified by whole body magnetic resonance imaging (WB-MRI) by treatment intensity in patients with…
Abstract Number: 1250 • ACR Convergence 2020
Early Sjögren Antibodies: Potential Biomarker for Abnormal Minor Labial Salivary Gland Biopsy in Juvenile Sjögren’s Syndrome
Akaluck Thatayatikom¹, Sthorn Thatayatikom¹, Indraneel Bhattacharyya², Melissa Elder¹, Renee Modica¹ and Seunghee Cha², ¹Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ²College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Background/Purpose: Juvenile Sjögren’s Syndrome (jSS) is a perplexing systemic autoimmune disease in children presenting with positive autoantibodies, glandular, and/ or extraglandular symptoms. In pediatric practice,…
Abstract Number: 1668 • ACR Convergence 2020
Long-Term Outcomes in Children Born to Anti-Ro and/or Anti-La Positive Mothers
Talia Diaz¹, Daniela Dominguez², Edgar Jaeggi³, Andrea Knight⁴, Carl A. Laskin⁵, Lawrence Ng⁶, Franklin Silverio¹, Earl D. Silverman⁷ and Linda Hiraki⁸, ¹Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, ³Fetal Cardiac Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Mount Sinai Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Translational Medicine, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, and Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto., Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, and Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto., Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Neonatal Lupus Erythematosus (NLE) is an acquired autoimmune disorder associated with the transplacental passage of maternal anti-Ro and/or anti-La antibodies. Previous studies have suggested…
Abstract Number: 1689 • ACR Convergence 2020
Unexpectedly High Incidence of Kawasaki Disease in a Well-Characterized Population in Atlantic Canada
Abdulrahman Alkanhal¹, Joseph Saunders², Fajer Altammar³, Adam Huber⁴, Andrew Lynk², Alison MacLeod⁵, Oliva Ortiz-Alvarez⁶, Meighan Adams², Suzanne Ramsey⁷, Elizabeth Stringer⁸, Andrew Warren² and Bianca Lang⁹, ¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, ³Mcmaster University, Hamilton, Canada, ⁴Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ⁵Annapolis Valley Health, Kentville, Canada, ⁶St Martha's Regional Hospital, Antigonish, Canada, ⁷IWK Health Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ⁸IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada, ⁹Dalhousie University - Halifax, Halifax, NS, Canada
Background/Purpose: Kawasaki Disease (KD), a systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology, is now the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children in North America. Its…
Abstract Number: 1991 • ACR Convergence 2020
Abatacept Treatment Reduces Cutaneous and Joint Activity in Juvenile Localized Scleroderma
Suzanne Li¹, Sarah Ishaq², Mary Buckley³, Kathryn Torok⁴, Barbara Edelheit⁵, Kaleo Ede⁶, Christopher Liu⁷ and C. Egla Rabinovich⁸, ¹Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, ²Montclair State University, Montclair, ³Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁴University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵Conneticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, ⁶Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, ⁷U Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, ⁸Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Juvenile localized scleroderma (jLS) is an autoimmune disease commonly associated with damage. Damage includes dyspigmentation, tissue atrophy, arthropathy, hemiatrophy, vision loss, and seizures. To…
Abstract Number: 0471 • ACR Convergence 2020
Splice Site Variants in IKBKG, Encoding NEMO, Detected by a Customized Analysis of Next-Generation Sequencing Data Cause an Early-onset Autoinflammatory Syndrome of Panniculitis and Cytopenias in Male and Female Patients
Adriana de Jesus¹, Sofia Torreggiani², Bin Lin², Jacob Mitchell², Eric Karlins³, Andrew Oler³, Sara Alehashemi⁴, Dana Kahle⁵, Katelin R. Honer², Gema Souto Adeva², Eric Hanson⁶, Gina Montealegre Sanchez⁷, Amer Khojah⁸, Timothy Moran⁹, Eveline Wu⁹, Chris Scott¹⁰, Timothy Ronan Leahy¹¹, Emma Jane MacDermott¹¹, Orla Killeen¹², Thaschawee Arkachaisri¹³, Zoran Gucev¹⁴, Kathryn Phillippi¹⁵, Vafa Mammadova¹⁶, Gulnara Nasrullayeva¹⁶ and Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky¹⁷, ¹Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section (TADS)/NIAID/NIH, Silver Spring, MD, ²Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section (TADS)/NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³Bioinformatics and Computational Biosciences Branch/NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section (TADS)/NIAID/NIH, Clarksville, MD, ⁵Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section (TADS)/NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, ⁶Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ⁷NIAID/NIH, Rockville, MD, ⁸Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁹UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ¹⁰University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, ¹¹Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ¹²National Centre for Paediatric Rheumatology, CHI at Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland, ¹³Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore, ¹⁴University Children's Hospital, Medical Faculty Skopje, Skopje, Macedonia, ¹⁵Akron Children’s Hospital, Akron, OH, ¹⁶Azerbaijan Medical University, Baku, Azerbaijan, ¹⁷Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section (TADS)/NIAID/NIH, Potomac, MD
Background/Purpose: The Inhibitor of Kappa-B Kinase Regulatory Subunit Gamma (IKBKG) is located on the X chromosome and encodes the NF-κB essential modulator (NEMO). Loss-of-function mutations…
Abstract Number: 0731 • ACR Convergence 2020
Comparing S100 Proteins and Cytokine Levels in Tears Based on Uveitis Activity Laterality in Children with JIA-associated Uveitis and Non-JIA-U
Jackeline Rodriguez-Smith¹, Virginia Miraldi Utz², Amy Cassedy¹, Sherry Thornton¹, Grant Schulert³, Alyssa Sproles⁴, Najima Mwase¹, Theresa Hennard¹, Mekibib Altaye², Alexei Grom¹ and Sheila Angeles-Han¹, ¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, ³PRCSG, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati
Background/Purpose: The pathogenesis of pediatric uveitis remains unclear. Studies of biomarkers using aqueous humor (AqH) identified S100 proteins, cytokines, and chemokines as potential biomarkers of…
Abstract Number: 1161 • ACR Convergence 2020
Perspectives of Radiologist Physicians in the Imaging of Chronic Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis
Farzana Nuruzzaman¹, Mingqian Huang², Christian Hedrich³, Hermann Girschick⁴, Julie Cherian⁵, T. Shawn Sato⁶, Karen Onel⁷, Polly Ferguson⁸ and Yongdong Zhao⁹, ¹Stony Brook Children's Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, ²Mount Sinai Hospital, 10003, NY, ³University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ⁴Vivantes Children’s Hospital, Wuerzburg, Germany, ⁵Stony Brook Children�s Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, ⁶University of Iowa, Iowa City, ⁷Pediatric Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁸University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, ⁹University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Radiological imaging is integral to the diagnosis of chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) and has been included as a central component in suggested diagnostic criteria…
Abstract Number: 1492 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Start Time Optimization of Biologic Therapy in Polyarticular JIA Study: Report of Primary Study Outcomes
Yukiko Kimura¹, George Tomlinson², Laura Schanberg³, Mary Ellen Riordan⁴, Anne Dennos⁵, Vincent Del Gaizo⁶, Katherine Murphy⁷, Pamela F. Weiss⁸, Brian Feldman⁹ and Sarah Ringold¹⁰, ¹Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack, NJ, ²Department of Medicine, University Hospital Network, Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁴Hackensack University Medical Center, Westwood, NJ, ⁵Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁶Childhood Arthritis & Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA), Whitehouse Station, NJ, ⁷Lousiana Department of Public Health, New Orleans, LA, ⁸Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, ⁹The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Seattle Children's, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: There is uncertainty regarding when to start biologic medications for polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (P-JIA). The Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) developed…
Abstract Number: 1671 • ACR Convergence 2020
Identifying Rare Genetic Variants in Childhood-onset Monogenic Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Melissa Misztal¹, Fangming Liao², Sergey Naumenko³, Andrea Knight⁴, Daniela Dominguez⁵, JingJing Cao², Declan Webber⁶, Bhooma Thiruvahindrapuram⁷, Deborah Levy⁶, Andrew Paterson², Earl D. Silverman⁸ and Linda Hiraki⁹, ¹Genetics & Genome Biology, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Oakville, ON, Canada, ²Genetics & Genome Biology, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, ³The Centre for Computational Medicine, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷The Centre for Applied Genomics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Translational Medicine, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, and Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto., Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, and Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto., Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Among children diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), there exists monogenic forms of SLE, where rare variants in a single gene lead to disease.…
Abstract Number: 1690 • ACR Convergence 2020
Henoch-Schönlein Purpura Nephritis: Different Histological Classifications, but Which One Is Most Strongly Associated to the Outcome of the Disease? Pilot Study of the Paediatric Rheumatology European Society Vasculitis Working Party
Martina Held¹, Mario Sestan¹, Marijana Coric¹, Stela Bulimbasic¹, Teresa Giani², Neil Martin³, Nastasia Cekada¹, Sasa Srsen⁴, Ana Gudelj Gracanin⁵, Domagoj Kifer⁶, Merav Heshin⁷, Angelo Ravelli⁸, Rolando Cimaz⁹, Seza Ozen¹⁰, Alenka Gagro¹¹, Marijan Frkovic¹ and Marija Jelusic¹, ¹University of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia, ²Anna Meyer Children’s Hospital, Florence, Italy, Florence, Toscana, Italy, ³Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, ⁴University Hospital Centre Split, University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia, Split, Splitsko-Dalmatinska, Croatia, ⁵University Hospital Dubrava, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia, Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia, ⁶Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Zagreb, Croatia, Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia, ⁷Dana Dwek Children's Hospital, Tel Aviv, Israel, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁸Università degli Studi di Genova, Genoa, Italy, ⁹ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO Institute and Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy, Milan, Italy, ¹⁰Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, Ankara, Turkey, ¹¹Children's Hospital Zagreb, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Medical Faculty Osijek, Zagreb, Croatia, Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia
Background/Purpose: Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis (HSPN) is the main and almost the only cause of morbidity and mortality among children suffering from this most common vasculitis…
Abstract Number: 0530 • ACR Convergence 2020
Pediatric APS: Clinical Features, Therapeutic Interventions, and Damage in a Series of 22 Cases
Jacqueline Madison¹, Kelsey Gockman¹ and Jason Knight², ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Pediatric antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a thromboinflammatory disease classically defined by the presence of circulating antiphospholipid antibodies and either thrombotic events or pregnancy morbidity.…
Abstract Number: 0732 • ACR Convergence 2020
Changing Evidence over Time: Updated Meta-analysis Regarding Anti-TNF Efficacy in Childhood Chronic Uveitis
Ilaria Maccora¹, Eleonora Fusco², Edoardo Marrani³, AV Ramanan⁴ and Gabriele Simonini⁵, ¹Paediatric Rheumatology Unit, Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital, School of Human Health Science, Florence, Italy, Florence, Italy, ²Rheumatology Unit, Anna Meyer Children's Hospital, School of Human Health Science, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ³University of Florence, Firenze, Italy, ⁴Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, United Kingdom, ⁵Rheumatology Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence; NEUROFARBA Department, University of Florence, Italy, Florence, Italy
Background/Purpose: To summarize evidence regarding efficacy of anti-tumour necrosis factor-α (anti-TNFα) in childhood autoimmune chronic uveitis (cACU), refractory to common disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs).Methods:…
Abstract Number: 1164 • ACR Convergence 2020
Frequency of Genetic Diagnosis in an Autoinflammatory Disease Natural History Protocol Cohort of Patients
Katelin R. Honer¹, Kim Johnson¹, Gema Souto Adeva¹, Gina Montealegre Sanchez², Jenna Wade³, Jacob Mitchell¹, Katherine Townsend³, Adriana de Jesus⁴ and Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky⁵, ¹Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section (TADS)/NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ²Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section (TADS)/NIAID/NIH, Rockville, MD, ³Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section (TADS)/NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, ⁴Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section (TADS)/NIAID/NIH, Silver Spring, MD, ⁵Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section (TADS)/NIAID/NIH, Potomac, MD
Background/Purpose: Monogenic autoinflammatory diseases (AID) are caused by innate immune dysregulation resulting in systemic inflammation and variable organ-specific clinical manifestations. The Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section…
Abstract Number: 1493 • ACR Convergence 2020
Distinct Patient-level Patterns of Response to Methotrexate in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Stephanie Shoop-Worrall¹, Kimme Hyrich², Lucy Wedderburn³, Wendy Thomson⁴ and Nophar Geifman⁵, ¹Centre for Health Informatics, Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³UCL, UCLH, GOS Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Centre for Genetics and Genomics Versus Arthritis, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁵Centre for Health Informatics, The University of Manchester, Manchester
Background/Purpose: Treatment response in JIA is often viewed as a binary outcome: response or non-response, usually assessed using composite, multidimensional measures, such as the juvenile…