Abstracts tagged "Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)"

Abstract Number: 0794 • ACR Convergence 2020
Peripheral Blood T and B Lymphocyte Subsets in Arthritis in the Elderly
Aina Teniente-Serra¹, Lourdes Mateo², Agueda Prior³, Monica Guma⁴, Eva Martinez-Caceres¹ and Melania Martinez-Morillo⁵, ¹Department of Immunology, Germans Trias i Pujol. University Hospital, Badalona, Badalona, ²Department of Rheumatology, Germans Trias i Pujol. University Hospital, Badalona, Badalona, ³Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of California San Diego, Department of Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, La Jolla, CA, ⁵Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Multiple lymphocyte subsets like T and B cells have been connected to joint infiltration and inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Identification of leucocyte subsets…
Abstract Number: 1580 • ACR Convergence 2020
Generalized Immune Activation in Structures Related to PMR or GCA on PET/CT Assessment Does Not Occur in Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Treated Patients Who Do Not Go on to Develop Rheumatic Immune-Related Adverse Events
David Liew¹, Aurora Poon², Christopher McMaster³, Claire Owen⁴, Jessica Leung⁵, Albert Frauman², Jonathan Cebon⁶, Andrew Scott⁶ and Russell Buchanan⁷, ¹Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, ²Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ³Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Pascoe Vale South, Victoria, Australia, ⁴Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Ashburton, Victoria, Australia, ⁵Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Melbourne, ⁶Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Melbourne, Australia, ⁷Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Background/Purpose: The pathogenesis of rheumatic immune-related adverse events (irAEs) from checkpoint inhibitor cancer immunotherapy directed against programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) and programmed death…
Abstract Number: 1934 • ACR Convergence 2020
What Is the Significance of Periarterial Temporal Small Vessel Inflammation (SVI) on Temporal Artery Biopsy (TAB) in the Diagnosis of Vasculitis? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Elise Belilos¹, Steven Carsons² and Sonya Mehta¹, ¹NYU Winthrop Hospital, Mineola, NY, ²NYU Long Island School of Medicine, Mineola, NY
Background/Purpose: Isolated inflammation of small vessels including capillaries, venules and arterioles surrounding a normal temporal artery (SVI) in patients suspected of having giant cell arteritis…