Abstracts tagged "Ultrasound"

Abstract Number: 0706 • ACR Convergence 2025
Major salivary glands Ultrasound features in a group of patients with systemic sclerosis: a multicentric study
Roberto D'Alessandro¹, Francois Zimmermann², sandrine jousse³, AURORE BLEUZEN⁴, Guillaume Coiffier⁵, Jérôme Avouac⁶, Alain Lescoat⁷ and Yannick Allanore⁸, ¹Rheumatology Unit, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, Paris, France, ²Internal medicine department, University Hospital of Rennes, Rennes, France, Rennes, France, ³LBAI, UMR¹²²⁷, University of Brest, CHU Brest, Brest, France, Brest, France, ⁴Medical Imaging, University Hospital of Tours, Tours, France, Tours, France, ⁵Dinan Hospital, Dinan, France, ⁶Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP Centre - Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ⁷CHU Rennes University Hospital, Rennes, France, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Université Paris Cité UFR de Médecine, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Ultrasound (US) abnormalities of major salivary glands are frequent in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients. However, US role is not yet fully understood, and the…
Abstract Number: 1944 • ACR Convergence 2025
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Clinic Referral Patterns and Joint Findings in a Tertiary Care Center amongst Patients with Elevated BMI and Inflammatory Arthritis
Anna Lichtiger¹, Ying Jin², Caroline Rourke¹, Kiera Brennan³, Hillary Weisleder⁴, Melissa Fazzari⁵ and Melissa Band⁶, ¹Montefiore Medical Center, The Bronx, NY, ²Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ³Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ⁴Montefiore Einstein, New York, NY, ⁵Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine,, Bronx, NY, ⁶Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) has been well known to aid in both early diagnosis and monitoring of inflammatory arthritis. Patients with an elevated BMI have…
Abstract Number: 2298 • ACR Convergence 2025
When Imaging and Biopsy Disagree: Diagnostic Value of Doppler Ultrasound and Histologic Features beyond the Focus Score
kyung-Ann Lee¹, Yeonhee Kim¹, Se Hee Kim² and Hyun-Sook Kim³, ¹Soonchunhyang University Hospital Seoul: Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ²Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ³Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: Salivary gland ultrasound (SGUS) and minor salivary gland biopsy (MSGB) are widely used in the diagnosis of primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS). However, discordance between…
Abstract Number: 0334 • ACR Convergence 2025
Diagnostic Test Accuracy of Ultrasound for Detecting Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Mohamed Abdelsalam¹, Hadeer Hafez², Maryam Lasheen³, Bassant Elaraby Elsayed Badwy⁴, Omar Sameh Nabil El Sedafy¹, Menat Alla Ayman Ali Mahdy⁴, Hazem E. Mohammed⁵ and Mohamed Reda Awad⁶, ¹Misr University For Science and Technology, ⁶ october, Al Jizah, Egypt, ²⁶th October University, ⁶ october, Al Jizah, Egypt, ³Misr University For Science and Technology, Helwan, Al Qahirah, Egypt, ⁴Misr University For Science and Technology, Nasr City, Al Qahirah, Egypt, ⁵Faculty of Medicine, Assiut university, Assiut, Egypt, assyut, Asyut, Egypt, ⁶Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, Giza, Al Jizah, Egypt
Background/Purpose: Ultrasound (US) is an emerging, promising imaging modality offering a safe, radiation-free, and cost-effective option for diagnosing and assessing structural changes in knee osteoarthritis…
Abstract Number: 1144 • ACR Convergence 2025
A quantitative study of renal medulla echogenicity in 250 Vietnames gout patients shows correlation with poor renal function
Thomas Bardin¹, Quang Nguyen², anouk Walter-Petrich³, Khoi Minh Tran², Duong Ba Pham², Quang Huy Nguyen⁴, Chuc Van Tran², Day Phuoc Huynh², Minh Do⁵, Emmanuel Letavernier⁶, richette pascal⁷, Matthieu Resche-Rigon³ and Jean-Michel Correas⁸, ¹Lariboisiere Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Paris, France, ²Vien Gut Medical centre, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, ³UMR U¹³⁴² ECSTRA team INERM, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ⁴Vien Gut Medicfal Centre, Ho Chi Minh City, ⁵University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Min City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, ⁶Sorbonne Université and INSERM, UMR S ¹¹⁵⁵, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France, ⁷Rheumatology Department, Lariboisiere Hospital, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ⁸Department of Radiology, NeckerUniversity Hospital, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: We previously described the frequent occurrence of an hyperechogenic pattern of the renal medulla following crystal deposition in untreated Vietnamese patients with severe tophaceous…
Abstract Number: 1945 • ACR Convergence 2025
Significance of Finger Joint Tenderness With or Without Swelling in Relation to MRI, Ultrasound, and X-Ray Findings in Psoriatic Arthritis_Final results
Victoria Furer¹, iris Eshed², Moshe Iluz¹, Ori Elkayam³ and Ari Polachek⁴, ¹Tel-Aviv Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel, ²Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer affiliated with School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, ³Tel Aviv medical center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁴Rheumatology Institute of Beilinson Hospital, Petah Tikva, Israel
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal involvement in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) affects both articular and extra-articular structures, presenting as inflammatory and structural lesions. The relationship between tender and/or swollen…
Abstract Number: 2314 • ACR Convergence 2025
Radiographic and Ultrasonographic Assessments of Sesamoid Index in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis
Hung Vo¹, Eugene Kissin² and Pablo Weilg³, ¹Boston Medical Center, Peabody, MA, ²Boston University, Newton, MA, ³Kymera Independent Physicians, Roswell, NM
Background/Purpose: The sesamoid index (SI), a radiographic measure of medial thumb sesamoid area, was originally described as a diagnostic tool in acromegaly¹ and later proposed…
Abstract Number: 0342 • ACR Convergence 2025
Comparison of Cortical Backscatter Ultrasound, Reference-Point Indentation and Bone Mineral Density in Discriminating Prevalent Fragility Fractures in Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases: A Pilot Study
Edgar Wiebe¹, Benjamin Kuntz², Angela Galindo Santos³, Zhivana Boyadzhieva³, Sandra Hermann¹, Burkhard Muche², Andriko Palmowski², Gerhard Krönke⁴, Ralf Schmidmaier⁵, Kay Raum³ and FRANK BUTTGEREIT⁶, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Klinikum der Universität München, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, München, Bayern, Germany, ⁶Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Patients with inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (iRMDs) are at elevated risk for osteoporotic fragility fractures. Standard assessment via dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) does…
Abstract Number: 1204 • ACR Convergence 2025
Validity and reliability of a new ultrasound-based semiquantitative echogenicity grading scale for myositis.
Takeshi Yoshida¹, Didem Saygin² and Jemima Albayda³, ¹Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, ²Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ³Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: The Heckmatt grading scale has been widely used as a semiquantitative assessment method for grading muscle echo intensity (EI) on ultrasound; however, this was…
Abstract Number: 1959 • ACR Convergence 2025
The development and validation of a Diagnostic Ultrasound Enthesitis Score (DUET) for Psoriatic Arthritis
Lihi Eder¹, Ricardo Acayaba de Toledo², Catherine Bakewell³, Philippe Carron⁴, Basant Elnady⁵, Amir Haddad⁶, Arthur Kavanaugh⁷, Fahmeen J. Afgani⁸, Arnon Katz⁹, Minna Kohler¹⁰, josefina marin¹¹, Nam Nguyen¹², Adrien NZEUSSEU TOUKAP¹³, Ari Polachek¹⁴, Ernesto Rodriguez¹⁵, Marcos Rosemffet¹⁶, Abha Singh¹⁷, Maria S. Stoenoiu¹⁸, Agnes Szentpetery¹⁹, Iliara Tinazzi²⁰, Janeth Yinh²¹, Mu Yang²², Richard Cook²², Gurjit Kaeley²³ and Sibel Aydin²⁴, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Centro Integrado de Pesquisas (CIP) do Hospital de Base de São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, Brazil, ³Intermountain Healthcare Medical Group, Salt Lake City, ⁴Ghent University and VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium, ⁵Research Centre at Al Hada Armed Forces Hospital, Cairo, Egypt, ⁶Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, ⁷University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, CA, ⁸Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Canada, ⁹GRAPPA, Seattle, ¹⁰Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ¹¹Hospital Universitario Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ¹²University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ¹³Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, St.-Lambrechts-Woluwe, Belgium, ¹⁴Rheumatology Institute of Beilinson Hospital, Petah Tikva, Israel, ¹⁵Florida Medical Clinic, Tampa, ¹⁶Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Capital Federal, Argentina, ¹⁷Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, ¹⁸Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium, ¹⁹Uppsala University Hospital, Djursholm, Sweden, ²⁰Ospedale Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria, Verona, Italy, ²¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²²University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada, ²³UF COM-J, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, ²⁴Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Enthesitis is a key lesion in psoriatic arthritis (PsA). The Diagnostic Ultrasound Enthesitis Tool (DUET) study aimed to develop and validate a novel sonographic…
Abstract Number: 2544 • ACR Convergence 2025
Diagnostic value of vein wall thickness measurement for patients with suspected Behçet syndrome
ruken Alcin Bayraktar¹, Yasemin Kayadibi², Aysenur Kahveci², Sinem Nihal Esatoglu³, Ibrahim Adaletli², Yesim Ozguler³, Melike Melikoglu³ and Gulen Hatemi³, ¹Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Radiology, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Several studies have demonstrated increased venous wall thickness (VWT) in patients with Behçet’s syndrome (BS) compared to healthy and diseased control groups. Ultrasonographic measurement…
Abstract Number: 0385 • ACR Convergence 2025
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Enhances Patient Insight and Clinical Decisions: A Multi-Center Study
Simran Nimal¹, Meridith Balbach², Aslam Fawad¹, Midori Nishio³ and Erin Chew², ¹Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, ²Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, ³John Muir Specialty Medical Group, Lafayette, CA
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSKUS) is a valuable tool for early detection and management of inflammatory arthritis.(1) Although integrated into rheumatology guidelines, training programs, and classification…
Abstract Number: 1246 • ACR Convergence 2025
Myo Vs. Myo-fascial Injection for Myofascial Trigger Points. Is There Really a Difference? A Randomized Controlled Trial
seda yildiz¹, bugra ince¹ and Halil ibrahim candal², ¹izmir sehir hastanesi, izmir, Turkey, ²ızmir sehir hastanesi, izmir
Background/Purpose: Experimental and clinical studies suggest that fascial structures play a critical role in the pathogenesis and pain mechanisms of myofascial pain syndrome (MTrP). It…
Abstract Number: 1960 • ACR Convergence 2025
Item Response Theory to Develop an Ultrasound Composite Score for Knee Osteoarthritis Assessment
Liubov Arbeeva¹, Carolina Alvarez², Jonathan Samuels³, Janice Lin⁴, Minna Kohler⁵, Catherine Bakewell⁶, Todd Schwartz⁷ and Amanda Nelson⁸, ¹University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, NC, ²University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Miami, FL, ³NYU Langone, Rye Brook, NY, ⁴Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁵Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁶Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁷University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁸University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Semi-quantitative scoring systems have long been used for radiographic findings in osteoarthritis (OA), but limited work has utilized ultrasound (US). The aim of this…
Abstract Number: 2550 • ACR Convergence 2025
Development of a ‘Training Toolkit’ to Support Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) Entry into a Rheumatology Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Subspecialty Clinic
Christopher Estes¹, Janeth Yinh¹, Mark Matza², Marcy Bolster³ and Minna Kohler⁴, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Concord, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The integration of advanced practice providers (APPs) into rheumatology practice may help address increasing demand and long wait times.1 However, outcome data on APP…

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