Abstracts tagged "Ultrasound"

Abstract Number: 1252 • ACR Convergence 2020
Ultrasound-guided Parotid Gland Biopsy in Cadavers Performed by Rheumatologists – an OMERACT Ultrasound Working Group Study
Nevsun Inanc¹, Sandrine Jousse-Joulin², Kerem Abacar³, Leyla Cinel⁴, Maria D’Agostino⁵, Esperanza Naredo⁶, Alojzija Hocevar⁷, Stephanie Finzel⁸, Lene Terslev⁹, Annamaria Iagnocco¹⁰, Petra Hanova¹¹, Wolfgang Schmidt¹², Gonca Mumcu¹³, Ümit S. Şehirli¹⁴ and George A. Bruyn¹⁵, ¹Marmara University, School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, istanbul, Turkey, ²Rheumatology Department, Cavale Blanche Hospital and Brest Occidentale University, Brest, France, ³Marmara University, School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Marmara University, School of Medicine, Division of Pathology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁵Université Versailles Saint Quentin, Ambroise Paré Hospital, Paris, France, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit. Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, IIS Fundación Jiménez Díaz and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁷University Medical Center, Rheumatology, Ljubljana, LJUBLJANA, Slovenia, ⁸Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Klinik für Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie, Freiburg, Germany, ⁹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup., Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹⁰Università degli Studi di Torino, Academic Rheumatology Centre, Turin, Italy, ¹¹Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ¹²Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany, ¹³Marmara University School of Health Sciences, Health Management, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, ¹⁴Marmara University, School of Medicine, Anatomy, Istanbul, Turkey, ¹⁵Rheumatology, Reumakliniek Lelystad, Lelystad, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: With the diagnostic capability of the parotid gland biopsy similar to minor salivary gland biopsy in Sjögren’s syndrome, the parotid gland biopsy may also…
Abstract Number: 1550 • ACR Convergence 2020
Change in Tophus Size Measured with Dual-energy CT and Ultrasound: A 1-year Multicenter Follow-up Study
Tristan Pascart¹, Pascal Richette², Sebastien Ottaviani³, Laurène Norberciak¹, Hang Korng EA⁴, Frédéric Lioté⁵, Jérémy Ora⁶, Julie Legrand¹, Valérie Bousson⁶, Elyas Mahdjoub⁷ and Jean--Francois Budzik⁸, ¹GHICL, Lomme, France, ²Department of Rheumatology, Lariboisière Hospital, Paris, France, ³Rheumatology Department, Bichat hospital, APHP, Paris, France, ⁴Universite de Paris, AP-HP, INSERM, paris, France, ⁵AP-HP, Paris, France, ⁶Lariboisière Hospital, Paris, France, ⁷Bichat Hospital, Paris, France, ⁸University of Lille, Lille, France
Background/Purpose: Dual-Energy computed tomography (DECT) and ultrasound are the two techniques able to identify and measure monosodium urate (MSU) crystal deposition, and both are considered…
Abstract Number: 1939 • ACR Convergence 2020
Definitions and Reliability Assessment of Chronic Ultrasound Lesions of the Axillary Artery in Giant Cell Arteritis: A Study from the OMERACT Large Vessel Vasculitis Ultrasound Working Group
Valentin Schaefer¹, Stavros Chrysidis², Greta Carrara³, Wolfgang Schmidt⁴, George A. Bruyn⁵, Bhaskar Dasgupta⁶, Eugenio De Miguel⁷, Andreas Diamantopoulos⁸, Christina Duftner⁹, Ulrich Fredberg¹⁰, Berit Nielsen¹¹, Wolfgang Hartung¹², Alojzija Hocevar¹³, Annamaria Iagnocco¹⁴, Aaron Juche⁴, Tanaz Kermani¹⁵, Tove Lorenzen¹⁶, Pierluigi Macchioni¹⁷, Marcin Milchert¹⁸, Uffe Døhn¹⁹, Sara Monti²⁰, Chetan Mukhtyar²¹, Cristina Ponte²², Carlo Scire²³, Lene Terslev²⁴, Luca Seitz²⁵ and Christian Dejaco²⁶, ¹Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Department of Oncology, Hematology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Bonn, Germany, Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, ²Sydvestjysk Sygehus Esbjerg, Esbjerg, Denmark, ³Epidemiology Unit, Italian Society for Rheumatology, Milan, Italy, ⁴Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin Buch, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Rheumatology, Reumakliniek Lelystad, Lelystad, Netherlands, ⁶Rheumatology, Mid and South Essex University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Southend University Hospital, United Kingdom, Westcliff on sea, England, United Kingdom, ⁷Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Martina Hansens Hospital, Baerum, Norway, ⁹Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, ¹⁰Silkeborg Regional Hospital, Silkeborg, Denmark, ¹¹Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ¹²Asklepios Klinik Bad Abbach, Bad Abbacg, Germany, ¹³University Medical Center, Rheumatology, Ljubljana, LJUBLJANA, Slovenia, ¹⁴Università degli Studi di Torino, Academic Rheumatology Centre, Turin, Italy, ¹⁵David Geffen School of Medicine / University of California, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁶Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹⁷Unità Operativa di Reumatologia/Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ¹⁸Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland, ¹⁹Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseasesand COPECARE, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²⁰Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S Matteo, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, ²¹Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, United Kingdom, ²²Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal, ²³University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, ²⁴Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup., Copenhagen, Denmark, ²⁵Department of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergology, University of Bern, Inselspital, Switzerland, Bern, Switzerland, ²⁶South Tyrol Health Trust, Hospital of Bruneck, Bruneck, Italy
Background/Purpose: The OMERACT Ultrasound (US) large vessel vasculitis task force has recently defined the US appearance of normal axillary arteries (AA) and the key elementary…
Abstract Number: 0446 • ACR Convergence 2020
Novel Ultrasound Image Acquisition Protocol and Scoring System for the Pediatric Ankle
Patricia Vega-Fernandez¹, Deirdre De Ranieri², Edward Oberle³, Hulya Bukulmez⁴, Clara Lin⁵, Susan Shenoi⁶, Akaluck Thatayatikom⁷, Leandra Woolnough⁸, Kathleen Jo Corbin⁹, Heather Benham¹⁰, Emily Brunner¹¹, Michael Henrickson¹, Laura Ballenger³, Sara Haro¹², Christina Schutt¹³, Jean-Philippe Proulx-Gauthier¹⁴, Ginger Janow¹⁵, Mekibib Altaye¹⁶, Amy Cassedy¹, Johannes Roth¹⁷ and Tracy Ting¹, ¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL, ³Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁴MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve, Pepper Pike, OH, ⁵Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁶Seattle Childrens Hospital, seattle, WA, ⁷Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ⁸University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ⁹Yale University School of Medicine, Woodbridge, CT, ¹⁰Texas Scottish RIte Hospital, North Richland Hills, TX, ¹¹Geisinger, Bloomsburg, PA, ¹²UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ¹³University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹⁴CHU de Quebec - Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada, ¹⁵Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital at Hackensack Meridian Health, Hackensack, NJ, ¹⁶Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, ¹⁷University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The clinical decision-making process in pediatric arthritis lacks an objective, reliable bedside imaging tool. Although increasingly used for children, there is a need for…
Abstract Number: 1331 • ACR Convergence 2020
Carotid Ultrasound Findings in Psoriatic Arthritis: A Case-control Study
Dionicio Ángel Galarza-Delgado¹, José Ramón Azpiri López², Iris Jazmín Colunga Pedraza³, Diana Elsa Flores Alvarado⁴, Octavio Ilizaliturri Guerra⁴, Paola Fernanda Frausto Lerma³, Itzel Corina Zárate Salinas², Alejandra Pérez Villar³, Mayra Alejandra Reyes Soto³, Salvador Lugo Pérez² and Andrea Cecilia Garza Acosta⁵, ¹Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ²Cardiology Service, Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico, ³Rheumatology service, Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁴Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ⁵Radiology Service, Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The carotid ultrasound, which measures both carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) and…
Abstract Number: 1551 • ACR Convergence 2020
Rapid Effect of Tofacitinib in Reducing US Joint and Tendon Inflammatory Lesions of RA Patients: Data from a 24 Weeks Longitudinal Study
Giuseppe Germanò¹, Pierluigi Macchioni², Giovanni Ciancio³, Filippo Crescentini¹, Andrea Caruso², Beatrice Maranini⁴, Sara Bonazza⁴, Gilda Sandri⁵, Maria Teresa Mascia⁵, Govoni Marcello⁴ and Carlo Salvarani⁶, ¹Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia e Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, REGGIO NELL'EMILIA, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, ²Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia e Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, REGGIO NELL'EMILIA, Italy, ³Unità Operativa Complessa di Reumatologia Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria S. Anna -Ferrara, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, ⁴Unità Operativa Complessa di Reumatologia Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria S. Anna -Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, ⁵Struttura Complessa di Reumatologia- Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia- Policlinico di Modena, Modena, Italy, ⁶Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia e Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Background/Purpose: To explore the effects of tofacitinib (Tofa) on US lesions in a consecutive series of patients with active RA MTX and/or bioDMARDs -IR. Methods: In…
Abstract Number: 1942 • ACR Convergence 2020
Analysis of Vasculitis Patterns in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis Compared to Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis and Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Lara Burg¹, Peter Brossart², Charlotte Behning³ and Valentin Schaefer⁴, ¹Clinic for Internal Medicine III, Department of Oncology, Haematology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Bonn, Germany, Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, ²Clinic for Internal Medicine III, Department of Oncology, Hematology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Bonn, Germany, Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, ³Institute for Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology, University Hospital Bonn, Germany, Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, ⁴Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Department of Oncology, Hematology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Bonn, Germany, Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) and polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) often coexist.1 The role of modern ultrasound (US) in diagnosis of GCA as well as PMR…
Abstract Number: 0481 • ACR Convergence 2020
Subclinical Synovitis in Arthralgia: How Often Does It Result in Clinical Arthritis? A Longitudinal Study to Reflect on Starting Points for DMARD Treatment
Cleo Rogier¹, Fenne Wouters², Laurette van Boheemen³, Dirkjan van Schaardenburg⁴, Pascal de Jong¹ and Annette van der Helm - van Mil⁵, ¹Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center | Reade, Amste, Netherlands, ⁴Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center | Reade and Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Leiden University Medical Center, Erasmus Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: According to guidelines, clinical arthritis is mandatory for diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, in the absence of clinical synovitis, imaging-detected subclinical synovitis is increasingly…
Abstract Number: 1334 • ACR Convergence 2020
Does Interstitial Lung Disease Represent a Real Comorbidity in Spondyloarthritis Patients? Results from an Ultrasound, Monocentric, Pilot Study
Andrea Delle Sedie¹, Emanuele Calabresi¹, Ilaria Romagnoli¹, Linda Carli² and Marta Mosca², ¹Rheumatology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ²Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Background/Purpose: Background: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a frequent complication in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) where it represents the most common extra-articular involvement (with a prevalence…
Abstract Number: 1552 • ACR Convergence 2020
Ultrasound Doppler Enthesitis Shows Sensitivity to Change After Biological Therapy in Spondyloarthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis Patients
Juan Molina Collada¹, Cristina Macía-Villa², Chamaida Plasencia³, Jose Maria Alvaro-Gracia⁴ and Eugenio De Miguel⁵, ¹Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Madrid, Spain, ³Rheumatology, La Paz University Hospital-IdiPAZ, madrid, Spain, ⁴CEIMI, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: The assessment of activity in spondyloarthritis (SpA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) involves several domains, including enthesitis. Clinical enthesitis has shown low sensitivity, specificity and…
Abstract Number: 1946 • ACR Convergence 2020
Fast-Track Giant Cell Arteritis Clinic Experience in the United States
Mark Matza¹, Minna Kohler², John H. Stone³ and Sebastian Unizony¹, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Fast-track clinics incorporating ultrasound into the initial evaluation of patients suspected of having giant cell arteritis (GCA) have been implemented throughout Europe leading to…
Abstract Number: 0518 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Impact of Large Vessel Vasculitis of the Axillary Artery on Cumulative Glucocorticoid Dose and Relapse Rate in Giant Cell Arteritis
Philipp Bosch¹, Christian Dejaco², Wolfgang Schmidt³, Andreas Krause³, Kenny-Davis Schlüter³, Gudrun Pregartner⁴ and Valentin Schaefer⁵, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria, Graz, Austria, ²Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria and Rheumatology Service, Hospital of Bruneck, Bruneck, Italy, Bruneck, Italy, ³Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Documentation, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, Graz, Austria, ⁵Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Department of Oncology, Hematology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Bonn, Germany, Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Prognostic markers for clinical outcomes in giant cell arteritis (GCA) are urgently needed. While large vessel GCA (LV-GCA) has been associated with higher glucocorticoid…
Abstract Number: 1361 • ACR Convergence 2020
Secukinumab Significantly Decreased Joint Synovitis Measured by Power Doppler Ultrasonography in Biologic-naïve Patients with Active Psoriatic Arthritis: Primary (12-Week) Results from a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Phase III Study
Maria D’Agostino¹, Georg Schett², Alejandra López-Rdz³, Ladislav Šenolt⁴, Jose Maldonado-Cocco⁵, Ruben Burgos-Vargas⁶, Esperanza Naredo⁷, Philippe Carron⁸, Maarten Boers⁹, Anne-Marie Duggan¹⁰, Punit Goyanka¹¹ and Corine Gaillez¹², ¹Université Versailles Saint Quentin, Ambroise Paré Hospital, Paris, France, ²Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen- Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ³Dermatológico Country, Jalisco, Mexico, ⁴Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁵University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, General Hospital of Mexico, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit. Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, IIS Fundación Jiménez Díaz and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium, ⁹Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹⁰Novartis Ireland Limited, Dublin, Ireland, ¹¹Novartis Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India, ¹²Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Power Doppler (PD) ultrasonography (PDUS) is a sensitive non-invasive imaging technology used to assess joint synovitis and enthesitis of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in clinical…
Abstract Number: 1553 • ACR Convergence 2020
Optical Tomography Can Accurately Diagnose Lupus Arthritis
Wei Tang¹, Alessandro Marone², Youngwan Kim², Tommy Chen¹, Cathy Guo¹, Leila Khalili¹, Andreas Hielscher² and Anca Askanase³, ¹Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Columbia University, New York, NY, ³Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Incapacitating inflammatory arthritis occurs in up to 88% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Arthritis is present in 70-80% of lupus patients in…
Abstract Number: 1995 • ACR Convergence 2020
Non-invasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation Improves Signs and Symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results of a Pilot Study
Sara Marsal¹, Hector Corominas², Juan Jose De Agustin De Oro³, Carolina Perez Garcia⁴, Maria Lopez Lasanta³, Helena Borrell³, Delia Reina⁵, Raimon Sanmartí⁶, Francisco Javier Narváez⁷, Clara Franco-Jarava⁸, Charles Peterfy⁹, Jose Antonio Narvaez¹⁰, Vivek Sharma¹¹, Konstantinos Alataris¹¹, Mark Genovese¹² and Matthew Baker¹³, ¹Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ²Institut Rec. Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau., Barcelona, Spain, ³Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitari Parc Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Hospital Moises Broggi, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitari Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ⁷Hospital Bellvitge, BARCELONA, Spain, ⁸1Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ⁹Spire Sciences, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, ¹⁰Clinica Diagonal, Barcelona, Spain, ¹¹Vorso Corp, Redwood CIty, CA, ¹²Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, ¹³Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA
Background/Purpose: Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) has been shown to improve rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease severity in patients with refractory disease (1,2). A multi-center pilot study…

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