Abstracts tagged "radiography and spine involvement"

Abstract Number: 1731 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Radiographic Damage of Facet Joints and Vertebral Bodies in the Cervical Spine in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis Treated with TNF Inhibitors
Fiona Maas¹, Suzanne Arends¹, Elisabeth Brouwer¹, Eveline van der Veer², Hendrika Bootsma¹, Rizwana Chaudhry¹, Monique Efde³, Freke Wink³ and Anneke Spoorenberg¹, ¹Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology, Medical Center Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: In ankylosing spondylitis (AS), syndesmophyte formation and ankylosis of the vertebral bodies are characteristic radiographic changes that are evaluated during follow-up. However, the facet…
Abstract Number: 1732 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Slow Spinal Radiographic Progression in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis Treated with TNF Inhibitors
Fiona Maas¹, Suzanne Arends¹, Ivette Essers², Elisabeth Brouwer¹, Eveline van der Veer³, Freke Wink⁴, Monique Efde⁴, Hendrika Bootsma¹ and Anneke Spoorenberg¹, ¹Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands, ³Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology, Medical Center Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Assessing radiographic progression in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is challenging. The results regarding the effect of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) blocking therapy on spinal radiographic…
Abstract Number: 2075 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Lumbar Spine in Fibromyalgia
Robert S. Katz¹, Alexandra Small² and Anthony Farkasch³, ¹Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL, ²University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Rheumatology Associates, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Radiographs of the lumbar spine appear normal in fibromyalgia. However, a previous study (ArthRheum50:134, 2004) found a reduced lordotic curve in the cervical spine…

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