Abstracts tagged "radiography and systemic sclerosis"

Abstract Number: 679 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Validation Of a Novel Radiographic Scoring System For Calcinosis Affecting The Hands Of Patients With Systemic Sclerosis
Lorinda Chung¹, Antonia Maria Valenzuela Vergara², David Fiorentino³, Kate Stevens², Shufeng Li⁴, Jonathan Harris⁵, Charles E. Hutchinson⁶, Shervin Assassi⁷, Lorenzo Beretta⁸, Santhanam Lakshminarayanan⁹, Tatiana Rodriguez Reyna¹⁰, Christopher P. Denton¹¹, Rebecca G. Taillefer¹², Solene Tatibouet¹³, Ariane Herrick¹⁴ and Murray Baron¹⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Stanford Univ Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, ²Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ³Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Redwood City, CA, ⁴Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ⁵Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁶Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom, ⁷Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁸Referral Center for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano, Milan, Italy, ⁹Dept of Med/Div Rheum Diseases, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, ¹⁰Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición, Mexico City, Mexico, ¹¹Centre for Rheumatology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom, ¹²University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹³Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹⁴Musculoskeletal Research Group, University of Manchester, Salford, United Kingdom, ¹⁵Pavillion A, Rm 216, Lady David Institute for Medical Research and Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Calcinosis affects approximately 25% of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and is associated with substantial morbidity. There are currently no validated outcome measures…