Abstracts tagged "polychondritis and ultrasonography"

Abstract Number: 1318 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Utility of Ultrasonography (US) in Diagnosing and Monitoring Disease Activity of Relapsing Polychondritis (RP) and Comparison of Cartilaginous US Findings between RP, Repeated Trauma and Healthy Subjects
Satoshi Inotani¹ and Yoshinori Taniguchi², ¹Endocrinology, Metabolism, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan, ²Endocrinology, Metabolism,Nephrology and Rheumatology, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan
Background/Purpose: Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare systemic inflammatory disorder, and the diagnosis and treatment evaluation are often difficult. Therefore, the discovery of more convenient…
Abstract Number: 1149 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Implications of Ultrasonography (US) in Monitoring Disease Activity of Relapsing Polychondritis (RP) and Comparative Investigation By US between Auricle of RP, Repeated Trauma and Healthy Subject
Eri Amano¹, Yoshinori Taniguchi², Satoshi Inotani¹, Hirofumi Nishikawa¹, Tatsuki Matsumoto³, Shuichi Nakayama⁴ and Yoshio Terada⁵, ¹Endocrinology, Metabolism, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Japan, ²Endocrinology, Metabolism,Nephrology and Rheumatology, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan, ³Endocrinology, Metabolism, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Kochi University, Nankoku, Japan, ⁴Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Japan, ⁵Kochi University, Nankoku, Japan
Background/Purpose: Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare systemic inflammatory disorder and might often be refractory. Therefore, the discovery of more convenient imaging modality than contrast-CT,…