Abstracts tagged "Ultrasound"

Abstract Number: 0175 • ACR Convergence 2021
Correlation of Subclinical Synovitis with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Outcome Measurements
Patricia Vega-Fernandez¹, Edward Oberle², Michael Henrickson¹, Jennifer Huggins¹, Mekibib Altaye³, Amy Cassedy⁴, Johannes Roth⁵ and Tracy Ting¹, ¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ³Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is the most common rheumatologic disease of childhood. Active joint count (AJC) is one of the key JIA Core Set…
Abstract Number: 1193 • ACR Convergence 2021
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Instruction in US and Canadian Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship Programs
Clara Lin¹, Edward Oberle², Megan Curran³, Johannes Roth⁴, Patricia Vega-Fernandez⁵, Deidre DeRanieri⁶, Tracy Ting⁵, Heather Benham⁷, Lorena Salto⁸ and Karina Torralba⁹, ¹Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, ²Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ³University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁴University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁵Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁶Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL, ⁷Scottish RIte Hospital, North Richland Hills, TX, ⁸Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Loma Linda University Healthcare, Loma Linda, CA
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) has value in the evaluation of both pediatric and adult rheumatic diseases. It is taught by at least 94% of adult…
Abstract Number: 1583 • ACR Convergence 2021
Creation of an Ultrasonographic Scoring System for CPPD Extent: Results from a Delphi Process by the OMERACT US Working Group – CPPD Subgroup
Silvia Sirotti¹, Antonella Adinolfi², Fabio Becce³, Tomas Cazenave⁴, Sara Nysom Christiansen⁵, Edoardo Cipolletta⁶, Andrea Delle Sedie⁷, Mario Enrique Diaz Cortes⁸, Fabiana Figus⁹, Emilio Filippucci¹⁰, Peter Mandl¹¹, Daryl MacCarter¹², Ingrid Moller¹³, Mohamed Mortada¹⁴, Gael Mouterde¹⁵, Maria Esperanza Naredo Sanchez¹⁶, Carlos Pineda¹⁷, Francesco Porta¹⁸, Wolfgang Schmidt¹⁹, Teodora Serban²⁰, Lene Terslev²¹, Florentin Vreju²², Richard Wakefield²³, Pascal Zufferey²⁴, Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini²⁵, Maria-Antonietta D'Agostino²⁶, Nemanja Damjanov²⁷, Annamaria Iagnocco²⁸, Helen Keen²⁹ and Georgios Filippou³⁰, ¹Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy, ²Rheumatology Unit, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy, ³Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland, ⁴Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofisica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁵Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁶Polytechnic University of Marche, Jesi, Italy, ⁷University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ⁸Rheumatology Unit, University Hospital Fundación Santa Fe de Bogota, Bogotà, Colombia, ⁹University of Torino, Torino, Italy, ¹⁰Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi, Italy, ¹¹Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ¹²Rheumatology Department, North Valley Hospital, Whitefish, MT, ¹³University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁴Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt, ¹⁵Rheumatology department, CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France, ¹⁶Department of rheumatology, Joint and Bone research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez díaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁷Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion, Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico, ¹⁸INS, Institute of Neurosciences, Florence, Italy, ¹⁹Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²⁰ASL 3 Genovese, Genova, Italy, ²¹Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University, Glostrup, Denmark, ²²Rheumatology Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania, ²³Rheumatology, Leeds University, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²⁴Rheumatology Department, University of Lausanne, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland, ²⁵L.Sacco University Hospital, Milano, Italy, ²⁶Rheumatology Department, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCSS, Rome, Italy, ²⁷University of Belgrade School of Medicine, Institute of Rheumatology, Belgrade, Serbia, ²⁸University of Turin, Roma, Italy, ²⁹University of Western Australia, Daglish, Australia, ³⁰Rheumatology Department, Luigi Sacco University Hospital, Siena, Italy
Background/Purpose: Ultrasound (US) has proven to be an excellent technique for detecting Calcium Pyrophosphate (CPP) deposits, however there are no grading systems that allow for…
Abstract Number: 0182 • ACR Convergence 2021
Tenderness and Radiographic Progression in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis
Irina Gessl¹, Mihaela Popescu², Gabriela Supp¹, Martina Durechova¹, Michael Zauner¹, Josef Smolen¹, Daniel Aletaha³ and Peter Mandl¹, ¹Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²Maisonneuve Rosemont Hospital, Longueuil, QC, Canada, ³Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Background/Purpose: In rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA), swelling is regarded as a sign of synovitis and is associated with radiographic progression. However, recent…
Abstract Number: 1198 • ACR Convergence 2021
Ultrasonography of the Median Nerve in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Under Suspicion of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Styliani Tsiami¹, Efthymia Ntasiou², Christos Krogias², Ralf Gold², Jürgen Braun¹, Michael Sarholz³ and Xenofon Baraliakos¹, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany, ²St. Josef-Hospital, Bochum and Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, Bochum, Germany, ³Klinik fuer Rheumatologie, St. Marien-Hospital Vreden, Vreden, Germany
Background/Purpose: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common nerve compression syndrome and a common extra-articular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Different causes of CTS…
Abstract Number: 1799 • ACR Convergence 2021
Gender Based Differences in Clinical and Sonographic Assessment Among Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis
Victoria Furer¹, Jonathan Wollman², David levartovsky³, Valerie Aloush³, Sara Borok Lev-Ran⁴, Daphna Paran⁵, Ori Elkayam³ and Ari Polachek⁶, ¹Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ²Tel Aviv Medical Center, Herzliya, Israel, ³Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁴Sourasky Medical Center, Tel AViv, Israel, ⁵Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center-Ichilov Hospital, Even Yehuda, Israel, ⁶Sourasky Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) can affect differently women and men. Ultrasound (US) is an important tool in the evaluation of disease activity of PsA. To…
Abstract Number: 0212 • ACR Convergence 2021
Unsupervised Clustering of Histology and Ultrasound Scores Identifies Osteoarthritis Subtypes
Maxwell Konnaris¹, Richard Bell², Tania Pannellini³, Edward DiCarlo², J. Alex Gibbons², O. Kenechi Nwawka², Susan Lee², Peter Sculco², Michael Parks², Mark Figgie², Laura Donlin², Dana Orange⁴, Thomas Sculco², William Robinson⁵, Susan Goodman², Miguel Otero² and Bella Mehta⁶, ¹Hospital or Special Surgery, New York, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Research Division and Precision Medicine Laboratory, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁴The Rockefeller University, New York, ⁵Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁶Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a prevalent degenerative joint disease and a major cause of pain and disability worldwide. Inflammation of the synovium and surrounding tissues…
Abstract Number: 1199 • ACR Convergence 2021
Ultrasound in Clinically Suspect Arthralgia: The Role of Power Doppler to Predict Rheumatoid Arthritis Development
Katerine López¹, Isabel Castrejón¹, Juan Carlos Nieto¹, Javier Rivera¹, Teresa González², Fernando Montero¹, Carlos González³, Jose Maria Alvaro-Gracia¹ and Juan Molina⁴, ¹Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ²H Gregorio Maraon, Madrid, Spain, ³CEIMI, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maran, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: It is of great importance to identify patients with clinically suspect arthralgia (CSA) who will develop rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or other inflammatory arthritis (IA)…
Abstract Number: 1857 • ACR Convergence 2021
Ultra-High Frequency Ultrasound Compared to Durometry and Skin Score for Cutaneous Assessment in Systemic Sclerosis
Marco Di Battista¹, Saverio Vitali², Simone Barsotti³, Alessandra Della Rossa⁴, Valentina Dini⁵, Marco Romanelli⁵ and Marta Mosca³, ¹Rheumatology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ²Radiology Unit - University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ³Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ⁴Rheumatology Unit - University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ⁵Dermatology Unit - University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Background/Purpose: To assess skin involvement in a cohort of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) comparing results obtained from modified Rodnan skin score (mRSS), durometry and…
Abstract Number: 0215 • ACR Convergence 2021
Ultrasonographic Assessment of Knee Osteoarthritis and Its Agreement with Radiography
Khoa Nguyen¹ and Duc Tran², ¹Deparment of Rheumatology, Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, ²Department of Rheumatology, Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Background/Purpose: Ultrasonography (US) has been increasingly utilized for the assessment of various musculoskeletal conditions. However, the value of this tool in diagnosis of osteoarthritis (OA)…
Abstract Number: 1207 • ACR Convergence 2021
A Systematic Review Looking at the Relationship Between Serum Calprotectin and Ultrasound Parameters in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Andrea Hui Ling Low¹, Fang Yi Lim² and Margaret Ma³, ¹National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ²National Univeristy of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ³National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
Background/Purpose: Serum Calprotectin level has been shown to correlate with disease activity, ultrasound (US) parameters, treatment response and clinical remission in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The…
Abstract Number: 0310 • ACR Convergence 2021
Histopathology, Salivary Flow and Ultrasonography of the Parotid Gland: Three Complementary Measurements in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome
Martha S. van Ginkel¹, Esther Mossel², Erlin A. Haacke², Suzanne Arends³, Silvia Liefers¹, Konstantina Delli¹, Jolien F. van Nimwegen⁴, Alja J. Stel⁵, Fred Spijkervet¹, Arjan Vissink⁶, Bert van der vegt¹, Frans Kroese³ and Hendrika Bootsma³, ¹University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, ³University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁴Univeristy of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁵University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁶University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Leek, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Primary Sjögren’s syndrome is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by dryness of the mouth and eyes. The impact of the disease on salivary glands…
Abstract Number: 1208 • ACR Convergence 2021
Composite Articular Index Including Acute Phase Reactants Should Not Be Used in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Il6 Inhibitors but May Be Useful in Those Receiving Jak Inhibitors: Ultrasound Evidence
Andrés Ponce¹, Beatriz Frade-Sosa², Ramirez Julio³, Núria Sapena¹, Roberto Gumucio², Virginia Ruiz-Esquide², Rosa Morlà², Marta Bassas², Juan D Cañete⁴ and Jose A Gomez-Puerta², ¹Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain, ²Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ³Hospital Universitari Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: IL6 inhibitors (IL6i) have a dramatic effect on the reduction of C reactive protein (CRP) that does not always correlate with a significant improvement…
Abstract Number: 0568 • ACR Convergence 2020
Clinical Timelines and Management Delays in Suspected Giant Cell Arteritis
Stephen Slade¹, Cindy Chiu¹, Erin Bauer¹ and Amish Dave¹, ¹Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA), the most common systemic vasculitis, may have diagnostic and treatment delays that can increase risk of vascular complications. Diagnostic color…
Abstract Number: 1503 • ACR Convergence 2020
Ultra High‐resolution Ultrasound (UHFUS) of Labial Salivary Glands Might Help to Avoid Unnecessary Lip Biopsy in Patients with Sicca Syndrome
Chiara Baldini¹, Francesco Ferro¹, Rossana Izzetti², Saverio Vitali³, Giacomo Aringhieri³, Silvia Fonzetti⁴, Marta Mosca¹, Valentina Donati⁵, Stefano Bombardieri¹ and Davide Caramella³, ¹Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ²Department of Surgical Pathology, Medicine, Molecular and Critical Area, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, Pisa, ³Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Department of Translational Research and of New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, Pisa, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, ⁵Pathology Unit, AOUP, Pisa
Background/Purpose: Major salivary gland ultrasonography (SGUS) has an established role as a first-line imaging tool in the diagnosis of primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS). Nowadays, however,…

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