Abstracts tagged "Ultrasound"

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,…
Abstract Number: 1563 • ACR Convergence 2020
High Impact Sports Leads to Inflammatory Responses at Entheseal Sites Results of the BEAT Study (Badminton Enthesitis Arthrosonography Study)
David Simon¹, Arnd Kleyer¹, Koray Tascilar¹, Sara Bayat², Johannes Knitza³, Larissa Valor-Mendez⁴, Marina Schweiger⁵, Georg Schett⁶ and Axel Hueber⁷, ¹Department of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Bayern, Germany, ²Department of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ³Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Immunology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Bayern, Germany, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Immunology, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen- Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁷Sektion Rheumatologie, Sozialstiftung Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Biomechanical stress triggers entheseal inflammation in psoriatic disease [1,2]. However, there is only limited data on the impact of mechanical stress on entheseal sites…
Abstract Number: 2021 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Reliability of Scoring Sonographic Entheseal Abnormalities – the Diagnostic Ultrasound Enthesitis Tool (DUET) Study
Lihi Eder¹, Sibel Aydin² and Gurjit Kaeley³, ¹Women’s College Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, Rheumatology, Ottawa, ON, CANADA; The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, CANADA, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
Background/Purpose: DUET is a study supported by the Group for Assessment for Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA) that aims to develop a novel sonographic scoring…
Abstract Number: 0647 • ACR Convergence 2020
Dual-energy CT versus Ultrasound, Alone or in Combination, for the Diagnosis of Gout: A Diagnostic Performance Study
Jasvinder Singh¹, Fabio Becce², Jean--Francois Budzik³ and Tristan Pascart⁴, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Lausanne University, Lausanne, Switzerland, ³University of Lille, Lille, France, ⁴Ghicl, Hôpital Saint-Philibert, department of rheumatology, Lomme, France
Background/Purpose: To examine the diagnostic accuracy of dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) vs. ultrasound or their combination for the diagnosis of gout.Methods: Using data from an…
Abstract Number: 1533 • ACR Convergence 2020
Ultrasound Joint Inflammation but Not Disease Activity Score at 28 Joints Is Reflective of the Severity of Joint Damage in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
York Kiat Tan¹, HuiHua Li², John Allen Jr³ and Julian Thumboo¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ²Health Services Research Unit, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ³Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Background/Purpose: With increased use of musculoskeletal ultrasound (US) among rheumatologists, it will be necessary to understand what additional clinical information may be derived from US…
Abstract Number: 1565 • ACR Convergence 2020
Joint Cartilage Damage Evaluated by Ultrasound in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Takehisa Ogura¹, Ayako Hirata², Yuki Inoue², Takaharu Katagiri², Yuto Takakura² and Hideto Kameda³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan, ³Toho University, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Arthritis in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is typically non-erosive, although some patients with SLE show erosive destruction or Jaccoud’s arthropathy. Previously we have confirmed…
Abstract Number: 0686 • ACR Convergence 2020
Renal Evolution During the First Year of Urate-lowering Therapy According to Sonographic Joint Deposition: Data from the Lille-Alicante Inception Cohort
Irene Calabuig¹, Anne Marty-Ané², Laurène Norberciak³, Jean--Francois Budzik⁴, Agustín Martínez-Sanchis⁵, Mariano Andrés¹ and Tristan Pascart³, ¹Hospital General Universitario de Alicante-ISABIAL and Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Alicante, Spain, ²GHICL, Lille, France, ³GHICL, Lomme, France, ⁴University of Lille, Lille, France, ⁵Hospital General Universitario de Alicante-ISABIAL, Alicante, Spain
Background/Purpose: Gout is associated with chronic kidney disease, but how the kidney function evolves when gout is treated with urate lowering therapy (ULT) is still…
Abstract Number: 1534 • ACR Convergence 2020
Combined Thermal and Ultrasound Imaging in Rheumatoid Arthritis Is Superior to Either Imaging Alone in Terms of Correlation with the 28-joint Disease Activity Score
York Kiat Tan¹, Cassandra Hong¹, HuiHua Li², John Allen Jr³ and Julian Thumboo¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ²Health Services Research Unit, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ³Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Background/Purpose: Combined thermal and ultrasound (US) imaging modalities in detecting joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has not been evaluated relative to thermal or US…
Abstract Number: 1608 • ACR Convergence 2020
Survey of Minimally-Invasive Ultrasound-Guided Synovial Biopsy Performed at Rheumatology Centres
Bernard Dyke¹, Mark Maybury², Stefano Alivernini³, Juan Cañete⁴, Orazio De Lucia⁵, João Eurico Fonseca⁶, Nicola Gullick⁷, Søren Just⁸, David Kane⁹, Juhani Koski¹⁰, Antonio Manzo¹¹, Laurent Meric de Bellefon¹², Ronan Mullan⁹, Aurelie Najm¹³, Arthur Pratt¹⁴, Felipe Julio Ramirez Garcia¹⁵, Charlotte Rawlings¹⁶, Fiona Rayner¹⁷, Vasco Romão¹⁸, Ilfita Sahbudin², Darren Tabechian¹⁹ and Andrew Filer², ¹Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, ²Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ³Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy, ⁴Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Dpt, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain and IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO Orthopedic and Traumatology Specialist Center, Milan, Italy, ⁶Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade Medicina Universidade de Lisboa and Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte., Lisboa, Portugal, ⁷University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire, Knowle, United Kingdom, ⁸Svendborg Hospital - Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, ⁹Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ¹⁰Mikkeli Central Hospital, Mikkeli, Finland, ¹¹IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation/University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, ¹²Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium, Brussels, Belgium, ¹³Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France, ¹⁴Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ¹⁵Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Dpt, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ¹⁶Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom, ¹⁷Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom, ¹⁸Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade Medicina Universidade de Lisboa and Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte., Lisbon, Portugal, ¹⁹University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: Ultrasound-guided synovial biopsy (USGSBx) is a well-established minimally-invasive alternative to arthroscopy for sampling synovial tissue. Adverse event rates in published studies are favourable by…
Abstract Number: 0696 • ACR Convergence 2020
Femoral Cartilage Ultrasound Echo-Intensity Associates with Arthroscopic Cartilage Damage in People Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Matthew Harkey¹, Erin Little², Mikaela Thompson³, Ming Zhang⁴, Jeffrey Driban⁴ and Matthew Salzler³, ¹University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, ²Tufts Medical Center, Cambridge, MA, ³Tufts Medical Center, Boston, ⁴Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Over one-third of people will develop knee osteoarthritis within 10 years of an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. Ultrasound may be used to monitor…
Abstract Number: 1536 • ACR Convergence 2020
Ultrasound as an Imaging Biomarker of Early Response to Tocilizumab and Methotrexate in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis, TOVERA – a Longitudinal Study
Maria S. Stoenoiu¹, Mihaela Maruseac², Mouna Messaoudi², Adrien Nzeusseu Toukap³ and Esperanza Naredo⁴, ¹1Department of Rheumatology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, 2Institut de recherche expérimentale et cliniques (IREC), Brussels, Belgium, ²1Department of Rheumatology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium, ³1Department of Rheumatology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, 2Institut de recherche expérimentale et clinique (IREC), Brussels, Belgium, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit. Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, IIS Fundación Jiménez Díaz and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: The combination of methotrexate (MTX) and tocilizumab (TCZ) has been proven to be superior to MTX alone in early rheumatoid arthritis (RA)1 and was…
Abstract Number: 1649 • ACR Convergence 2020
Effect of Knee Aspiration and Intra-articular Corticosteroid Injection on Gait Biomechanics and Strength Impairment in Patients with Signs of Inflammation Due to Knee Osteoarthritis
Ryan Pinto¹, Trevor Birmingham¹, Holly Philpott², Dominique Arsenault¹, Codie Primeau¹ and Tom Appleton³, ¹Western University, London, Canada, ²Western University, London, ON, Canada, ³The University of Western Ontario, LONDON, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Synovial inflammation in knees with OA can be measured with musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSK US), is associated with increased pain and disease progression, and may…
Abstract Number: 0697 • ACR Convergence 2020
Inferior Tendon Structure and Function Seen in Patients with Achilles Tendinopathy and Neovascularization of the Achilles Tendon
Brian Honick¹, Haraldur Sigurdsson¹ and Karin Silbernagel¹, ¹University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Background/Purpose: In prior research, the incidence rate of neovascularization with Achilles tendinopathy ranged between 47-88% of cases. The purpose of this study was to identify…
Abstract Number: 1537 • ACR Convergence 2020
Usefulness of Ultrasound Assessment of Sarcopenia in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Takeshi Yoshida¹ and Yoshitaka Kumon¹, ¹Chikamori Hospital, Kochi, Japan
Background/Purpose: Sarcopenia, the age-related loss of muscle mass and function, is associated with numerous risk factors, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Although standard diagnostic tool for…
Abstract Number: 1712 • ACR Convergence 2020
Implementation of a Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (MSUS) Curriculum in an Academic Rheumatology Fellowship Within an Integrated Health System: A Four-Year Experience
David Bulbin¹, Brian Oppermann², Jonida Cote³, David Pugliese⁴ and Alfred Denio⁵, ¹Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA, ²Geisinger Medical Center, State College, PA, ³Geisinger Medical Center, Danvile, PA, ⁴Geisinger Health System, Wilkes Barre, PA, ⁵Geisinger Medical Center, Danvill, PA
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal Ultrasound has become a significant training tool in rheumatology fellowships. A recent survey showed 94% of rheumatology fellowships have implemented a teaching program…

All abstracts accepted to ACR Convergence are under media embargo once the ACR has notified presenters of their abstract’s acceptance. They may be presented at other meetings or published as manuscripts after this time but should not be discussed in non-scholarly venues or outlets. The following embargo policies are strictly enforced by the ACR.

Accepted abstracts are made available to the public online in advance of the meeting and are published in a special online supplement of our scientific journal, Arthritis & Rheumatology. Information contained in those abstracts may not be released until the abstracts appear online. In an exception to the media embargo, academic institutions, private organizations, and companies with products whose value may be influenced by information contained in an abstract may issue a press release to coincide with the availability of an ACR abstract on the ACR website. However, the ACR continues to require that information that goes beyond that contained in the abstract (e.g., discussion of the abstract done as part of editorial news coverage) is under media embargo until 10:00 AM ET on November 14, 2024. Journalists with access to embargoed information cannot release articles or editorial news coverage before this time. Editorial news coverage is considered original articles/videos developed by employed journalists to report facts, commentary, and subject matter expert quotes in a narrative form using a variety of sources (e.g., research, announcements, press releases, events, etc.).

Violation of this policy may result in the abstract being withdrawn from the meeting and other measures deemed appropriate. Authors are responsible for notifying colleagues, institutions, communications firms, and all other stakeholders related to the development or promotion of the abstract about this policy. If you have questions about the ACR abstract embargo policy, please contact ACR abstracts staff at [email protected].