Abstracts tagged "Scleroderma"

Abstract Number: 1555 • ACR Convergence 2020
18F-NaF PET/CT Identifies Active Calcium Uptake in Calcinosis Due to Dermatomyositis and Scleroderma
Carrie Richardson¹, Mehrbod Javadi², Ami Shah³, Lilja Solnes², Fredrick Wigley⁴, Laura Hummers⁵ and Lisa Christopher-Stine⁶, ¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, ³Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ellicott City, MD, ⁴Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Johns Hopkins Univerisity, Ellicott City, MD, ⁶Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Ectopic soft tissue deposition of hydroxyapatite (calcinosis) is a frequent and morbid complication of dermatomyositis and scleroderma with no known effective pharmacologic treatment. 18F-NaF…
Abstract Number: 0399 • ACR Convergence 2020
A Heavy Burden of Calcinosis Reflects Cumulative Disease Damage in Scleroderma
Carrie Richardson¹, Jamie Perin², Scott Zeger³, Fredrick Wigley⁴, Laura Hummers⁵, Livia Casciola-Rosen⁶, Antony Rosen⁷ and Ami Shah⁸, ¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²JHUSPH, Baltimore, ³Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, ⁴Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Johns Hopkins Univerisity, Ellicott City, MD, ⁶Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins University, MD, ⁷Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁸Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ellicott City, MD
Background/Purpose: Ectopic calcification, or calcinosis, is a common complication of scleroderma. However, a subset of scleroderma patients has a heavy burden of calcinosis, which may…
Abstract Number: 1074 • ACR Convergence 2020
A Novel Autoantibody Recognizing a 65-kDa Protein Is Associated with Scleromyositis with Head Drop and/or Bent Spine
Karel Venne¹, Valérie Leclair², Julie D'Aoust¹, Océane Landon-Cardinal³, Alexandra Albert⁴, Julie Beauchemin⁵, Denis Brunet⁶, Lucie Roy⁷, Benjamin Ellezam⁸, Jason Karamchandani⁹, Rami Massie¹⁰, Erin O'Ferrall¹⁰, Alain Meyer¹¹, Yves Troyanov¹², Minoru Satoh¹³, Marvin Fritzler¹⁴ and Marie Hudson², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Rheumatology Fellow, McGill University,, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³Division of Rheumatology, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Hôpital Charles-Lemoyne, Longueuil, QC, Canada, ⁶Division of Neurology, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, CIUSSS du Saguenay Lac-Saint-Jean, Saguenay, Canada, ⁸Division of Pathology, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁹Department of Pathology, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹⁰Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹¹Service de rhumatologie et Centre de références des maladies autoimmunes rares, Hôpitaux universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ¹²Division of Rheumatology, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur, Montréal, QC, Canada, ¹³Department of Clinical Nursing, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ¹⁴Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Scleromyositis (SM) is an emerging subgroup of autoimmune myositis associated with features of systemic sclerosis (SSc). There is a paucity of data on scleromyositis…
Abstract Number: 1559 • ACR Convergence 2020
Fully Automatic Assessment of Nail Fold Capillaroscopy Software – Early Results
Olga Brzezińska¹, Krzysztof Rychlicki-Kicior² and Joanna Makowska¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Medical University of Lodz, Poland, Lodz, Lodzkie, Poland, ²University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw, Poland, Lodz, Poland
Background/Purpose: Changes in capillaroscopy nailfold image are a valuable element in the diagnostic procedure and monitoring of systemic sclerosis as well as other systemic diseases.…
Abstract Number: 0400 • ACR Convergence 2020
Outcomes of Systemic Sclerosis Hospitalizations by Hospital Teaching Status: Analysis of the National Inpatient Sample
Ehizogie Edigin¹, Precious Eseaton² and Pius Ojemolon³, ¹John H Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL, ²University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin, ³St. George's University, St. George's, Grenada
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic autoimmune connective tissue disease that results in hospitalizations in different hospital settings. It is unclear if outcomes of…
Abstract Number: 1136 • ACR Convergence 2020
Survey of Medical Cannabis Use in Lupus and Scleroderma
Wassim Karkache¹ and Catherine Ivory², ¹University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ²University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, Rheumatology, Ottawa, ON, CANADA, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Despite the lack of research regarding medical cannabis, marijuana and its by-products have gained popularity over the last decades. A 2019 Statistics Canada report…
Abstract Number: 1906 • ACR Convergence 2020
Hsp90 Inhibition Effectively Prevents Progression of Dermal Fibrosis and Induces Regression of Established Bleomycin-Induced Dermal Fibrosis
Hana Storkanova¹, Lenka Storkanova², Sabina Oreska³, Maja Spiritovic⁴, Barbora Hermankova⁵, Radim Becvar¹, Karel Pavelka⁶, Jiří Vencovský⁶, Jörg HW Distler⁷, Ladislav Šenolt⁶ and Michal Tomcik¹, ¹Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic. Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ²Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, ³Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic. Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Praha 2, Czech Republic, ⁴Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁵Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Department of Physiotherapy, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic,, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁶Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁷University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Our previous study demonstrated that Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) is overexpressed in the skin of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), in cultured SSc…
Abstract Number: 0401 • ACR Convergence 2020
Prevalence and Characteristics of Systemic Sclerosis Patients Fulfilling the 2019 EULAR/ACR Classification Criteria for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Ronald Bass¹, Duncan Moore² and Virginia Steen², ¹Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Literature describing the overlap syndrome of SSc and SLE is limited and has employed a range of case definitions. Our study sought to use…
Abstract Number: 1167 • ACR Convergence 2020
Capturing the Range of Disease Involvement in Localized Scleroderma: The Total Morbidity Score
Suzanne Li¹, Aashka Patel¹, Elena Pope², Thomas Mason³, Vidya Sivaraman⁴, Fatma Dedeoglu⁵, Kathryn Torok⁶, Katie Stewart⁷, Gloria Higgins⁸, C. Egla Rabinovich⁹, Robert Fuhlbrigge¹⁰, Maria Ibarra¹¹, Sandy Hong¹², Polly Ferguson¹³, Mara Becker¹⁴, Brian Feldman¹⁵, Ronald Laxer¹⁵ and CARRA Investigators¹⁶, ¹Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, ²Hospital For Sick Kids, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴Nationwide Children's Hospital, Bexley, OH, ⁵Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁶University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, ⁸Nationwide Childrens Hospital/ The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ⁹Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ¹⁰University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ¹¹Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, ¹²University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital, Iowa City, IA, ¹³University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, ¹⁴Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ¹⁵The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁶CARRA, Durham
Background/Purpose: Localized scleroderma (LS) is a chronic inflammatory and fibrosing disease that causes both cutaneous and extracutaneous (EC) damage. EC involvement (ECI) is common in juvenile…
Abstract Number: 1908 • ACR Convergence 2020
Establishment of iPSc and Differentiated Endothelial Cells of Systemic Sclerosis Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension ; Functional and Molecular Analysis
Yuki Kudo¹, Masaru Kato², Yuhei Shibata¹, Michihito Kono², Yuichiro Fujieda², Olga Amengual², Kenji Oku² and Tatsuya Atsumi³, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, ³Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapparo, Hokkaido, Japan
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) occurs either primarily or in association with other diseases such as connective tissue diseases. PAH associated with systemic sclerosis (SSc-PAH)…
Abstract Number: 0531 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Prevalence of Systemic Sclerosis, Dermatomyositis/Polymyositis, and Giant Cell Arteritis in the United States by Race and Ethnicity: An Analysis Using Electronic Health Records
Sunali Goonesekera¹, Ankit Bansal¹, Swarali Tadwalkar² and Alison Isherwood³, ¹Decision Resources Group, Part of Clarivate, Boston, MA, ²Decision Resources Group, part of Clarivate, Bangolore, India, ³Decision Resources Group, part of Clarivate, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Epidemiological studies suggest differences in the prevalence and disease severity of certain autoimmune diseases by race and ethnicity. In this study, we evaluate the…
Abstract Number: 1168 • ACR Convergence 2020
Reliability and Validity of a New Skin Activity Measure for Localized Scleroderma
Suzanne Li¹, Mara Becker², Sandy Hong³, Polly Ferguson⁴, Themba Nyrienda¹, Tracy Andrews⁵, Katie Stewart⁶, C. Egla Rabinovich⁷, Robert Fuhlbrigge⁸, Thomas Mason⁹, Elena Pope¹⁰, Maria Ibarra¹¹, Fatma Dedeoglu¹², Gloria Higgins¹³, Ronald Laxer¹⁴, Marilynn Punaro⁶, Kathryn Torok¹⁵ and CARRA Investigators¹⁶, ¹Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, ²Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ³University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital, Iowa City, IA, ⁴University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, ⁵Rutgers, Newark, ⁶UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, ⁷Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ⁸University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹⁰Hospital For Sick Kids, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹¹Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, ¹²Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹³Nationwide Childrens Hospital/ The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ¹⁴The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁵University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹⁶CARRA, Durham
Background/Purpose: Juvenile localized scleroderma (jLS) is a chronic inflammatory and fibrosing disease. Treatment is directed towards controlling disease activity to minimize risk for functional impairment…
Abstract Number: 1914 • ACR Convergence 2020
Long Non-coding RNA HOTAIR Induces GLI2 Expression Through Notch Signalling in Systemic Sclerosis Dermal Fibroblasts
Christopher Wasson¹, Rebecca Ross¹, Rebecca Wells¹, Clarissa Corinaldesi¹, Ioanna Georgiou², Natalia Riobo-Del Galdo² and Francesco Del Galdo³, ¹1. Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²2. School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterised by tissue fibrosis of the major organs of the body including the skin, lungs and heart. We have previously…
Abstract Number: 0912 • ACR Convergence 2020
Effectiveness of DETECT Algorithm in Japanese Systemic Sclerosis Patients with Old or New Hemodynamic Definition of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Takanori Ito¹, Takehiro Nakai², Genki Kidoguchi², Sho Fukui², Hiroki Ozawa², Satoshi Kawaai², Yukihiko Ikeda², Hisanori Shimizu², Yasuhiro Suyama³, Atsushi Nomura², Hiromichi Tamaki¹, Kenichi Yamaguchi² and Masato Okada¹, ¹St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ²St. Luke's International Hospital, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ³JR Tokyo General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension (SSc-PAH) has been known as a life-threatening manifestation in SSc. Earlier detection and subsequent interventions are important to improve…
Abstract Number: 1169 • ACR Convergence 2020
Three-Dimensional Analysis of Facial Asymmetry in Craniofacial Scleroderma
Daniel Glaser¹, Christopher Liu² and Kathryn Torok³, ¹UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Piitsburgh, PA, ²Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Localized scleroderma (LS) is a rare, progressive autoimmune disease of the skin and underlying connective tissue that can result in devastating functional impairment and cosmetic damage in children. …

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