Abstracts tagged "relapsing polychondritis"

Abstract Number: 0169 • ACR Convergence 2021
Ultrasonography of Auricular Cartilage Is a Useful Tool for Diagnosing and Monitoring Disease Activity in Relapsing Polychondritis
Yoshinori Taniguchi¹, Hirofumi Nishikawa², Takeshi Yoshida³, Satoshi Inotani⁴ and Yoshio Terada², ¹Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nephrology, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Japan, ²Kochi Medical School Hospital, Nankoku, Japan, ³Chikamori Hospital, Kochi, Japan, ⁴Kochi Medical School Hospital, Kochi-city, Japan
Background/Purpose: In patients with atypical clinical symptoms or imaging findings, because there are no specific and easily measurable markers for RP serologically, it is often…
Abstract Number: 1104 • ACR Convergence 2021
Pathogenic UBA1 Variants in Japanese Patients with Relapsing Polychondritis
Naomi Tsuchida¹, Yosuke Kunishita², Yuri Uchiyama¹, Yohei Kirino³, Kaoru Takase-Minegishi¹, Ryusuke Yoshimi¹, Hideaki Nakajima¹ and Naomichi Matsumoto¹, ¹Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, ²Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, ³Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
Background/Purpose: Pathogenic somatic variants in the ubiquitin like modifier activating enzyme 1 gene (UBA1) were discovered in individuals with systemic inflammation of cartilage, skin, and…
Abstract Number: 1871 • ACR Convergence 2021
Characterization of Symptoms of Nasal Disease in Relapsing Polychondritis Using Patient-Reported Data
Shubhasree Banerjee¹, Nancy Linn², nathalie costedoat-Chalumeau³, Guillaume Moulis⁴, Peter Merkel¹, Peter Grayson⁵ and Marcela Ferrada⁶, ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Relapsing Polychondritis Foundation Inc., New York, NY, ³Inserm DR Paris 5, Paris, France, ⁴Toulouse University Hopital, Toulouse, France, ⁵National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ⁶National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Nasal chondritis is a well-recognized manifestation of relapsing polychondritis (RP), occasionally leading to saddle nose deformity. Early symptoms of nasal chondritis such as nose…
Abstract Number: 1719 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Clinical Phenotypes in Relapsing Polychondritis in a Prospective Cohort
Marcela Ferrada¹, Kaitlin Quinn ², Wendy Goodspeed ³, Jeffrey KIm ⁴, Clint Allen ⁴, Arlene Sirajuddin ⁵, Marcus Chen ⁵, K Bates Gribbons ⁶, Joel S. Rosenblum ⁷, Casey A. Rimland ⁸, James Katz ¹ and Peter C. Grayson ⁹, ¹NIAMS, Bethesda, MD, ²Georgetown University Hospital/National Institutes of Health, Washington, DC, ³NIAMS, Bethesda, ⁴NIDCD, Bethesda, ⁵NHLBI, Bethesda, ⁶National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁷National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease (NIAMS), Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, MD, ⁸National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease (NIAMS), Bethesda, MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁹National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a systemic inflammatory disease that can be fatal. The main clinical feature that typically leads to diagnosis is ear inflammation,…