Abstracts tagged "Ultrasound"

Abstract Number: 065 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Relationship Between Arthritis and Uveitis Disease Activity in Children with JIA
Meghana Karumuri¹, Megan Quinlan-Waters², Alexandra Duell², Kelly Rogers², Sheila Angeles-Han³ and Patricia Vega-Fernandez², ¹Michigan State University, Novi, MI, ²Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Uncontrolled uveitis can lead to visual complications in 50% of children with JIA associated uveitis (JIA-U). While arthritis and uveitis are not considered to…
Abstract Number: 072 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Findings in Children with Psoriasis
Laura Nedorezov, Tracy Ting and Patricia Vega-Fernandez, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: The presentation of juvenile psoriatic arthritis (JPsA) in children with psoriasis can be insidious and poses a diagnostic challenge. Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) has emerged…
Abstract Number: 0466 • ACR Convergence 2022
Assessment of Probability Scores to Predict Giant Cell Arteritis
Chadi Sargi¹, Stephanie Ducharme-Benard², Valerie Benard³, Rosalie-Selene Meunier⁴, Carolyn Ross⁵ and Jean-Paul Makhzoum⁶, ¹University of Montreal, Laval, Canada, ²Hopital Sacre-Coeur, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³University of Montreal, Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Canada, ⁴Hopital Sacre-Coeur, Universite de Montreal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁵University of Montreal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁶Hopital du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal, Montréal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common primary vasculitis but remains challenging to diagnose. In the past years, many probability tools have been…
Abstract Number: 1237 • ACR Convergence 2022
Assessment of Common Femoral Vein Intima-Media Thickness by Ultrasound in Behçet’s Disease: Comparative Study of Patients with or Without Vascular Involvement in a National Referral Center
Diana Prieto-Peña¹, Alfonso del Peral-Fanjul², Belén Atienza-Mateo¹, Veronica Pulito-Cueto¹, Miguel Ángel González-Gay³ and Ricardo Blanco⁴, ¹Research Group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL; and Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²Research Group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, Spain, ³Department of Medicine and Psychiatry, Universidad de Cantabria; Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; Research group on genetic epidemiology and atherosclerosis in systemic diseases and in metabolic diseases of the musculoskeletal system, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, ⁴Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Clinical vascular involvement is present in up to 40% of patients with Behçet’s disease (BD). Increased venous wall thickness assessed with ultrasound (US) has…
Abstract Number: 1581 • ACR Convergence 2022
Presence of Sonographic Crystal Deposits and Power-Doppler Signal in Patients with Gout Fulfilling Remission Criteria: A Multicenter Study
Nalia Domínguez-Lirón¹, Eugenio De Miguel², Agustín Martínez-Sanchis³, Diana Peiteado², Blanca Garcia-Magallon⁴, Esther Vicente-Rabaneda⁵, Enrique Calvo⁶, Basilio Rodríguez⁷, Alejandro Prada⁸, Boris Anthony Blanco Cáceres⁹, José Antonio Bernal¹⁰, Francisca Sivera¹¹, Santos Castañeda⁵, Sonia Mínguez⁷, Laura Barrio⁸, Mónica Vázquez-Díaz⁹, José Miguel Senabre¹², Cristina Bohorquez¹³ and Mariano Andrès³, ¹Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ³Dr Balmis Alicante General University Hospital-ISABIAL, Alicante, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Althaia Xarxa Assistencial Universitaria De Manresa, Manresa, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitario de Torrejon, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Marina Baixa (Villajoyosa), Alicante, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universitario de Elda, San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain, ¹²Hospital Marina Baixa, Villajoyosa, Spain, ¹³University Hospital Príncipe de Asturias, Immune System Diseases-Rheumatology Service, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: The applicability of the preliminary remission criteria for gout [PMID 26414176] in clinical practice is unknown. This study evaluates the sonographic prevalence of monosodium…
Abstract Number: 2205 • ACR Convergence 2022
Non-Invasive in Vivo Metabolic Profiling of Inflammation in Joints and Entheses by Optoacoustic Imaging
Koray Tascilar¹, Filippo Fagni², Arnd Kleyer¹, Sara Bayat², Robert Heidemann³, Florian Steiger³, Gerhard Kroenke¹, Daniela Bohr⁴, Andreas Ramming¹, Melek Yalcin Mutlu³, Ioanna Minopoulou³, Fabian Hartmann³, Daniel Klett⁵, Anna Federle⁵, Adrian Regensburger⁶, Alexandra L. Wagner⁶, Ferdinand Knieling⁶, Markus Neurath⁵, Georg Schett⁷, Maximilian Waldner⁵ and David Simon¹, ¹Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany; Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Friedrich-Alexander-UniversityErlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ²University Hospital Erlangen; Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Erlangen, Germany, ³University Hospital Erlangen, Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology & Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nurnberg and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵University Hospital Erlangen; Department of Internal Medicine 1 - Gastroenterology, Pulmonology and Immunology, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶University Hospital Erlangen; Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Erlangen, Germany, ⁷Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: For individuals with inflammatory arthritis, a detailed metabolic characterization of joints and entheses at the tissue level can aid in early diagnosis and treatment…
Abstract Number: 0468 • ACR Convergence 2022
Ultrasound Wall Thickness in the Differential Diagnosis of Atherosclerosis and Large Vessel Giant Cell Arteritis
Eugenio De Miguel¹, Jose Maria Mostaza², Carlos Lahoz², Juan Molina³, Elisa Fernandez-Fernandez¹ and Irene Monjo⁴, ¹Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ²Hospital Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, ³Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario La Paz - IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common vasculitis in the elderly and large vessel involvement (LV-GCA) occurs in up to 50% of cases.…
Abstract Number: 1238 • ACR Convergence 2022
Can Thermal Imaging Help Clarify Joint Inflammation at Clinically Quiescent Metacarpophalangeal Joints in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis?
York Kiat Tan, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
Background/Purpose: Ultrasound (US) is superior to clinical examination and can be used for more accurate assessment of joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, it…
Abstract Number: 1619 • ACR Convergence 2022
Silent Giant Cell Arteritis in Patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica: Characteristics and Peculiarities
Eugenio De Miguel¹, PIERLUIGI MACCHIONI², Edoardo Conticini³, Corrado Campochiaro⁴, Rositsa Karalilova⁵, Sara Monti⁶, Cristina Ponte⁷, Giulia Klinowski², Irene Monjo⁸, Paolo Paolo Falsetti³, Anastas Batalov⁹, alessandro tomelleri⁴ and Alojzija Hocevar¹⁰, ¹Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ²IRCCS-S.Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ³Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy, ⁴IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital. Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy, ⁵Medical University of Plovdiv, University Hospital Kaspela, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, ⁶Rheumatology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, ⁷Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitario Lisboa Norte EPE, Lisboa, Portugal, ⁸Hospital Universitario La Paz - IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, ¹⁰University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) are closely related diseases. PMR occurs in approximately 50 % of patients with GCA. In a…
Abstract Number: 2206 • ACR Convergence 2022
Understanding Inter-rater Variability in Scoring of Entheseal Lesions: Results from the Diagnostic Ultrasound Enthesitis Tool (DUET) Study
Lihi Eder¹, Fangya Ma², Josefina Marin³, Minna Kohler⁴, Janeth Yinh⁵, Ari Polachek⁶, Marcos Rosemffet⁷, Ernesto Rodriguez⁸, Ilaria Tinnazzi⁹, Amir Haddad¹⁰, Philippe Carron¹¹, Mariana Alves Ferreira Martins¹², Catherine Bakewell¹³, Fahmeen J. Afgani¹⁴, Richard Cook², Sibel Aydin¹⁵ and Gurjit S. Kaeley¹⁶, ¹Women’s College Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, ³Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁶Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁷Rheumatology Unit, Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Capital Federal, Argentina, ⁸Florida Medical Clinic, Tampa, FL, ⁹Ospedale Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria, Negrar, Italy, ¹⁰Carmel Medical Centre, Haifa, Israel, ¹¹Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ¹²São José Do Rio Preto Medical School, São José do Rio Preto, Brazil, ¹³Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹⁴Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁵University of Ottawa, Rheumatology, Ottawa, Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ¹⁶UF COM-J, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Background/Purpose: Variability in scoring of sonographic entheseal lesions may be influenced by patient characteristics and sonographer expertise. We aimed to assess inter-rater agreement in scoring…
Abstract Number: 0472 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Common Carotid Artery in the Ultrasound Evaluation of Giant Cell Arteritis
Charles Oshinsky¹, Alison Bays¹, Ingeborg Sacksen¹, Elizabeth Jernberg², R. Eugene zierler¹ and Scott Pollock¹, ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA), the most common large vessel vasculitis, can cause irreversible vision loss if untreated. Vascular ultrasound has been used with greater…
Abstract Number: 1242 • ACR Convergence 2022
Validation of a Novel Ultrasound Scoring System for the Evaluation of Pediatric Knee Arthritis
Patricia Vega-Fernandez¹, Theresa Hennard¹, Kelly Rogers¹, Mekibib Altaye², Sherry Thornton², Alyssa Sproles², Amy Cassedy³, Arthur Meyers¹ and Tracy Ting¹, ¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, ³Cincinnati Children's hospital medical center, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is the most common chronic rheumatic disease in children. Currently, clinical evaluation of arthritis is subjective and provider dependent. Musculoskeletal…
Abstract Number: 1620 • ACR Convergence 2022
Probability-based Diagnostic Algorithm in Suspected Giant Cell Arteritis: A Prospective, Multicentre Validity Data from HAS GCA Study
Alwin Sebastian¹, alessandro tomelleri², PIERLUIGI MACCHIONI³, Giulia Klinowski³, Carlo Salvarani⁴, Abdul Kayani⁵, Mohammad Tariq⁵, Diana Prieto-Peña⁶, Edoardo Conticini⁷, Muhammad Khurshid⁸, Sue Inness⁹, Jo Jackson⁹, Kornelis van der Geest¹⁰ and Bhaskar Dasgupta⁵, ¹University Hospital Limerick, Dooradoyle, Ireland, ²IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital. Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy, ³IRCCS-S.Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁴Azienda USL -IRCCS di Reggio Emilia and Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁵Mid and South Essex University Hospital Groups, Southend, United Kingdom, ⁶Research Group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL; and Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁷Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy, ⁸University Hospital Dorset, NHS foundation trust, UK, Poole, United Kingdom, ⁹University of Essex, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise science, Colchester, United Kingdom, ¹⁰University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The presentation of new-onset giant cell arteritis (GCA) is highly variable. It is vital to make a secure diagnosis to minimise the risk for…
Abstract Number: 2207 • ACR Convergence 2022
Structural Ultrasound Features of Joints and Tendons of Healthy Children: Development of Normative Data
Ruth Wittoek¹, Céline Decock², Nele Dewaele², Lara Arnold³, Pieter baeyens⁴, Ignace Deschrijver⁴, Lisa Pardaens⁵, Ioannis Raftakis⁶, Thomas Renson⁷, Alexander D.J. Thooft⁸, Charline Rinkin⁹, Tine Vanhaverbeke⁵ and Caroline Verbist¹⁰, ¹Dept. of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium, ²Ghent University, Faculty of Medicine, Ghent, Belgium, ³Dept. Of Rheumatology, Maastricht UMC+, Maastricht, Netherlands, ⁴Dept. of Radiology, Clinique de Flandre, Coudekerque-Branche, France, ⁵Ghent University, Faculty of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Gent, Belgium, ⁶Dept. of Rheumatology, CHU-Brugmann Hospital Brussels, Brussels, Belgium, ⁷Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ⁸Ghent University, Faculty of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent, Belgium, ⁹Dept. of Rheumatology, CHU Liège, Liège, Belgium, ¹⁰Dept. of Rheumatology, AZ Delta, Roeselare, Belgium, Roeselare, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Ultrasound is a highly valuable imaging modality to study joints in patients with rheumatic diseases. In children, the applicability is hampered because of lack…
Abstract Number: 0478 • ACR Convergence 2022
Sonographic Prevalence of Subclinical GCA in Newly Diagnosed PMR
Colm Kirby¹, Rachael Flood¹, Ronan Mullan¹, Grainne Murphy² and David Kane¹, ¹Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ²Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
Background/Purpose: It has been reported that 20-50% of patients with PMR have subclinical GCA. The natural history of US-defined subclinical GCA in PMR is not…

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