Abstracts tagged "synovitis and ultrasound"

Abstract Number: 1363 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Progression of Pain, Stiffness, Function Changes, and Ultrasound Detected Synovitis and Osteophyte Formation in Patients with Hand Osteoarthritis over Three Years
Olga Sleglova¹, Olga Ruzickova², Karel Pavelka¹ and Ladislav Šenolt¹, ¹Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ²Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: Hand osteoarthritis (HOA) is a common and frequent cause of pain. HOA is a heterogeneous group of disorders with two main subsets including non-erosive…
Abstract Number: 2906 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Synovitis Focused Ultrasound in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Joint Reduction Strategy
Daniel Kuo¹, Gurjit Kaeley², Ami Ben-Artzi³, Jenny Brook⁴, Astrid Floegel-Shetty⁴, David Elashoff⁴ and Veena K. Ranganath¹, ¹Rheumatology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²Rheumatology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, ³Rheumatology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Beverly Hills, CA, ⁴Department of Medicine Statistics Core, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal ultrasound is increasingly being used as a tool to assess inflammatory burden in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Ultrasound-based outcome measures include power Doppler (PD)…
Abstract Number: 241 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Histological and Clinical Correlates of Ultrasound Measures of Joint Inflammation: Analysis of RA Tissue Obtained By Ultrasound Guided Biopsy in Phase 1 of the Accelerating Medicines Partnership RA Network
Andrew Filer¹, Arthur M. Mandelin II², Edward F. DiCarlo³, Brendan Boyce⁴, Darren Tabechian⁵, Ralf G. Thiele⁶, Stephan Kelly⁷, Ellen M. Gravallese⁸, Diane Horowitz⁹, Kevin Wei¹⁰, Deepak Rao¹¹, Vivian P. Bykerk¹² and Jennifer H. Anolik¹³, ¹Institute of Inflammation and Ageing (IIA), University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ²Rheumatology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Laboratory Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁴University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ⁵Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ⁶Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ⁷Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ⁸Lazare Research Bldg, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, North Shore - Long Island Jewish Health System, Woodbury, NY, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ¹¹Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Spring, IN, ¹²2-005, Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹³Medicine- Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: The AMP-RA network applies cutting edge technologies to the study of tissue obtained by ultrasound guided synovial biopsy from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).…
Abstract Number: 2210 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Thumb Base Osteoarthritis: Associations between Pain and Synovitis on Ultrasound
F.P.B. Kroon¹, S. Ermurat², M. Kortekaas¹, M. Reijnierse³ and M. Kloppenburg^1,4, ¹Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Uludag University Medical Faculty, Bursa, Turkey, ³Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) in the first carpometacarpal (CMC1) joint in the thumb base is frequent and has a large contribution in hand pain and disability.…
Abstract Number: 134 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Synovitis Assessed By the German 7-Joint Ultrasound Score (US7S) Is Associated with the Reversible Activity-Related Component of Physical Disability in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jakub Zavada¹, Petra Hanova¹, Jana Hurnakova¹, Lenka Szczukova², Michal Uher², Šárka Forejtová¹, Martin Klein¹, Heřman F Mann¹, Marta Olejarova¹, Olga Sleglova¹, Olga Ruzickova¹ and Karel Pavelka¹, ¹Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, ²Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: Restoring normal functioning is a major therapeutic aim. Differences in the sources of functional limitations should be considered in the interpretation of functional measures.…
Abstract Number: 136 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The 7-Joints Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Score (US7 score) Predicts Therapeutic Change in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sarah Ohrndorf¹, Philipp Daniel Oberdorfer², Lien Le³, Ulrich Mansmann³, Lisa Ines Sprenger², Thomas Häupl⁴, Sandra Hermann², Gabriela Schmittat², Silvia Pade², GR Burmester⁵, Anne-Marie Glimm² and Marina Backhaus⁶, ¹Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³Institut für medizinische Informationsverarbeitung, Biometrie und Epidemiologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Munich, Germany, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Department of Rheumatology & Immunology, University Medicine Charit, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Treatment decisions in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) after the “Treat to Target (T2T)” - principle is widely recommended, as this management strategy leads…
Abstract Number: 142 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Quality Assessment of Ultrasound Guided Synovial Biopsies Performed in Clinical Practice
Aurélie Najm¹, Marie-Françoise Heymann², Géraldine Bart¹, Yves Maugars¹ and Benoît Le Goff¹, ¹Rheumatology, Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France, ²Histopathology, Histopathology, Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France
Background/Purpose: Synovial tissue is the principal target and end organ involved in the pathogenesis of multiple articular disease processes. Histological and bacteriological analyses of synovial…
Abstract Number: 153 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Synovial Immunophenotype and Ultrasonography: A Contemporaneous Study of Different Compartments of the Knee Joint
Aurélie Najm^1,2, Carl Orr³, Benoît Le Goff MD PhD¹, Ursula Fearon⁴ and Douglas J. Veale⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France, ²Rheumatology, Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Dublin Academic Medical Centre, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ³Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Dublin Academic Medical Centre, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland, ⁴Trinity College Dublin, Department of Molecular Rheumatology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁵Consultant Rheumatologist, Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatic Disease, St. Vincent’s University Hospital and University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Histological analysis of synovial tissue, despite being a reliable and accurate assessment for synovitis, is not routinely performed. Ultrasonography (US) is a fast, available…
Abstract Number: 543 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Synovial Features of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis Differ in Patients in Clinical and Ultrasound Remission after Anti-TNF Therapy
Stefano Alivernini¹, Luca Petricca¹, Laura Bui², Barbara Tolusso¹, Gabriele Di Sante¹, Roberta Benvenuto², Anna Laura Fedele¹, Elisa Gremese¹ and Gianfranco Ferraccioli¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology - Institute of Rheumatology and Affine Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy, ²Division of Histopathology - Institute of Pathology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
Background/Purpose: Persistent disease remission is the major goal of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) treatment. The combined use of clinical and ultrasound selection…
Abstract Number: 163 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasonographic Assessment Covers Clinical Examination in the Localization of Ankle Pathology in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Yukihiro Toyota¹, Kaoru Minegishi-Takase¹, Maasa Hama¹, Ryusuke Yoshimi¹, Yumiko Sugiyama¹, Naomi Tsuchida¹, Yosuke Kunishita¹, Daiga Kishimoto¹, Reikou Kamiyama¹, Yohei Kirino¹, Mitsuhiro Takeno^1,2, Atsuhisa Ueda¹ and Yoshiaki Ishigatsubo^1,3, ¹Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, ²Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan, ³Yokosuka Rheumatic Diseases Center, Yokosuka City Hospital, Yokosuka, Japan
Background/Purpose: Though rheumatoid arthritis (RA) commonly affects ankle joints, ankle joints are not included in widely used composite measures of disease activity with 28-joint counts.…
Abstract Number: 185 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Success Rate and Utility of Ultrasound Guided Synovial Biopsies in Clinical Practice
Aurélie Najm, Benoît Le Goff and Yves Maugars, Rheumatology, Rheumatology, Nantes, France
Background/Purpose: Histological and bacteriological analysis of synovial tissue (ST) can be useful in the diagnosis of arthritis of undetermined origin. Ultrasound can assist this biopsy…
Abstract Number: 151 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Residual Synovitis in Ultrasound (US) Is Associated with an Evolution Towards Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) in Patients with Inflammatory Polyarthralgia without ANTI-Citrulinated Antibodies (ACPA)
Pascal Zufferey^1,2,3, Claudia Rebell Jr.⁴, Alexandre Dumusc⁵, Mauro lucini⁴, Juerg Hains⁶, Alexander K. So Sr.⁷ and Charles Benaim⁸, ¹Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland, ²Pierer Decler, Chuv, Lausanne, Switzerland, ³Rhu /Dal .Chuv, Rheumatology, Lausanne, Switzerland, ⁴DAL, RHU/CHUV, lausanne, Switzerland, ⁵RHU/CHUV, lausanne, Switzerland, ⁶DAL, RHU/CHUV, Lausanne, Syria, ⁷Service De Rhumatologie, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland, ⁸DAL, MPR, Lausanne, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: In ACPA positive patients, subclinical synovitis as observed by US has been demonstrated in pre RA patients and seems to be predictive for future…
Abstract Number: 907 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasonographic Tenosynovitis Score Is Responsive to Biologic Treatment in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Hilde B. Hammer¹ and Tore K. Kvien², ¹Dept of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Background/Purpose: Ultrasound (US) is sensitive for detecting tenosynovitis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), where the synovitis can be assessed by grey scale (GS) and…
Abstract Number: 904 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasound Synovitis Reflects Synovial Inflammation at a Histopathological Level
Nora Ng, Stephen Kelly, Frances Humby, Maria DiCicco, Vidalba Rocher, Rebecca Hands, Michele Bombardieri and Costantino Pitzalis, Centre for Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Ultrasound (US) is widely used by rheumatologists to assess inflammatory burden on patients with inflammatory arthritis. Some studies have shown that US measures of…
Abstract Number: 137 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evaluation of Metalloproteinase-3 As a Soluble Biomarker of Synovitis Using Weighted Joint Counts Assessed Clinically and on Ultrasound Imaging
Agata Burska^1,2, Elizabeth Hensor^2,3, Jackie L. Nam³, Lukasz Kozera⁴, Richard J. Wakefield³, Paul Emery³ and Ann W Morgan⁵, ¹NIHR-Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit and Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds., Leeds, United Kingdom, ²joint first authorship, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³NIHR-Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit and Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴Faculty of Pharmacy and Laboratory Diagnostics, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland, Wroclaw, Poland, ⁵NIHR-Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Synovial inflammation is known to play a central role in articular cartilage degradation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA); it could be a passive marker of…

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