Abstracts tagged "Ultrasound"

Abstract Number: 1942 • ACR Convergence 2025
An Agnostic Evaluation of Serum Proteins Discriminates the Severity of Ultrasound Arthritis in SLE Patients
Robert Clancy¹, Philip Carlucci², Alberto Nordmann-Gomes³, Leila Khalili⁴, Wei Tang⁵, Giovanna Rosas Chavez⁴, Stephen Suh⁶, Laura Geraldino-Pardilla¹, Yevgeniya Gartshteyn⁷, Joel Guthridge⁸, Judith James⁸ and Anca Askanase⁴, ¹Columbia University, New York, NY, ²New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁴Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁵Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, ⁶Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York City, NY, ⁷Columbia University Medical Center, Glen Rock, NJ, ⁸Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory arthritis occurs in up to 90% of patients and is a main cause of SLE work-related disability. SLE arthritis is difficult to evaluate…
Abstract Number: 0696 • ACR Convergence 2025
Impact of Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation on Cardiac Performance in Systemic Sclerosis
Jeska de Vries-Bouwstra¹, Jingjing He², Xu Wang², Saad Ahmed², Jeroen J. Bax² and Nina Ajmone Marsan², ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Myocardial involvement in systemic sclerosis (SSc) represents a severe complication with a poor prognosis; however, compromised cardiac function also heightens the risk of life-threatening…
Abstract Number: 2177 • ACR Convergence 2025
A Rheumatologic Ultrasound (RhUS) Educational Framework: Expert Consensus on RhUS Skills for Adult Rheumatology Fellows in the United States
Christine Parsons¹, irene Ma², Amy Cannella³, Eugene Kissin⁴, Paul DeMarco⁵, Midori Nishio⁶, Edward Oberle⁷, Catherine Bakewell⁸, Ralf Thiele⁹, Anthony M. Reginato¹⁰, Norman Madsen¹¹, Jonathan Samuels¹², Patricia Vega-Fernandez¹³, Clara Lin¹⁴, Marcy Bolster¹⁵ and Minna Kohler¹⁶, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, ³University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴Boston University, Newton, MA, ⁵Mobile Medical Care, Olney, MD, ⁶John Muir Specialty Medical Group, Lafayette, CA, ⁷Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁸Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁹University of Rochester, PITTSFORD, NY, ¹⁰Brown University, Providence, RI, ¹¹URMC, Rochester, NY, ¹²NYU Langone, Rye Brook, NY, ¹³Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ¹⁴Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, ¹⁵Massachusetts General Hospital, Concord, MA, ¹⁶Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Over the past decade, point-of care ultrasound (POCUS) has expanded rapidly within fellowship training programs. There is strong interest in rheumatology ultrasound (RhUS) education…
Abstract Number: 1939 • ACR Convergence 2025
Salivary Gland Ultrasounds Can Be Read by General Radiologists: A Review Of 4 Years of Reports from an Urban Academic Radiology Department
Ali Dhanaliwala and Dana DiRenzo, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Salivary gland ultrasound (SGUS) has the potential to inform diagnosis and progression of Sjogren’s disease, a systemic autoimmune disease which results in progressive inflammation…
Abstract Number: 0551 • ACR Convergence 2025
Enthesitis Beyond the Surface: Ultrasonographic Unmasking of Preclinical Psoriatic Arthritis in Cutaneous Psoriasis
Victor Cazac¹ and Eugeniu Russu², ¹Norwalk Hospital, Nuvance Health, Connecticut, ²"Nicolae Testemitanu" State Medical and Pharmaceutical University; ”Timofei Moșneaga” Republican Clinical Hospital, Chisinau, Moldova
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) develops insidiously from psoriasis (PsO), with enthesitis representing a critical initial site of inflammation. Musculoskeletal ultrasonography (MSUS) enables the identification of…
Abstract Number: 2173 • ACR Convergence 2025
Developing Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Clinical Electives: Bridging the Basic Sciences and Clinical Application in Undergraduate Medical Education
Brittany Lively¹, Cody Quirk¹, Katherine Brakora¹ and Beth Scholz², ¹Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Bryan, TX, ²Baylor Scott and White Health, Temple, TX
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSKUS) conveys diagnostic and therapeutic value in rheumatology, sports medicine, and other specialties. However, formal MSKUS training is rarely integrated into undergraduate…
Abstract Number: 1938 • ACR Convergence 2025
Optimizing Patient Outcomes: The Experience of a Multidisciplinary Rheumatology and Hand Surgery Clinic with Point-of-Care Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Integration
Aidan pye¹, Samuel Chan², Gary Xu³ and Mohammad Bardi⁴, ¹University of British Columbia, VANCOUVER, BC, Canada, ²UBC, Vancouver, ³UBC, Vancouver, Canada, ⁴UBC, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: In the last decade, rheumatologists have employed musculoskeletal Ultrasound (MSUS) as a highly sensitive and accurate clinical assessment tool at the bedside. By integrating…
Abstract Number: 0761 • ACR Convergence 2025
Fast-Track Clinics Improve Visual Outcomes in Giant Cell Arteritis: A Meta-Analysis
Tiago Beirão¹, Catarina Rua¹, Catarina Silva¹, Mariana Patela¹, Romana Vieira¹, Joana Abelha-aleixo¹, Patrícia Pinto¹, Flávio Costa¹, Ana Sofia Pinto¹, Diogo Fonseca¹, Tiago Meirinhos¹, Ajexandro Souto² and Taciana Videira¹, ¹Unidade Local de Saude Gaia e Espinho, Porto, Portugal, ²Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Background/Purpose: Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) is a chronic, inflammatory condition, primary affecting the medium and larger arteries, usually in patients older than 50 years. It…
Abstract Number: 2164 • ACR Convergence 2025
East Meets West: A Novel Tofu-Pasta-Cardstock Phantom Model for Teaching Ultrasound-Guided Procedures
Philip Chu¹, Erin Chew², Lily Kao³, Karina Torralba⁴, Fawad Aslam⁵ and Janeth Yinh⁶, ¹Duke University Hospital, Raleigh, NC, ²Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ³Evergreen Medical Group, San Jose, CA, ⁴Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Redlands, CA, ⁵Mayo Clinic, Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, ⁶Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Certain ultrasound (US)-guided procedures may be integral to the diagnosis and management of arthritis. US-guided carpal tunnel (CT), flexor tendon sheath (FTS), and hip…
Abstract Number: 1710 • ACR Convergence 2025
Defining sonographic enthesitis in psoriatic arthritis: Developing a data- and expert-driven definition for inflammatory enthesitis at the single enthesis level
Andre Lucas Ribeiro¹, Sibel Aydin², Gurjit Kaeley³, Fahmeen J. Afgani⁴, Catherine Bakewell⁵, Marcos Rosemffet⁶, Minna Kohler⁷, Amir Haddad⁸, Maria S. Stoenoiu⁹, Ari Polachek¹⁰, josefina marin¹¹, Arnon Katz¹², Sahil Koppikar¹³ and Lihi Eder¹⁴, ¹Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, ²Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³UF COM-J, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, ⁴Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Canada, ⁵Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Capital Federal, Argentina, ⁷Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁸Carmel Medical Centre, Haifa, Israel, ⁹Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium, ¹⁰Rheumatology Institute of Beilinson Hospital, Petah Tikva, Israel, ¹¹Hospital Universitario Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ¹²GRAPPA, Seattle, ¹³Women's College Hospital & University of Toronto, Markham, ON, Canada, ¹⁴University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Enthesitis affects 30–40% of PsA patients but remains difficult to diagnose due to overlap with non-specific entheseal pain. While OMERACT has standardized ultrasound (US)…
Abstract Number: 0748 • ACR Convergence 2025
Does The Number Of Arteries Affected At The Disease Onset Predict Relapses Of Giant Cell Arteritis?
Iztok HOLC¹, Metka Koren Krajnc², Marko Gačnik³ and Anja Lah⁴, ¹University Medical Center Maribor, ²⁰⁰⁰ Maribor, Slovenia, ²University Medical center, Maribor, Slovenia, ³University Medical Center Maribor, Braslovče, Slovenia, ⁴University Medical Center Maribor, Laporje, Slovenia
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a chronic vasculitis where relapses frequently occur. The rates of relapses of GCA have not been defined by now.We…
Abstract Number: 2702 • ACR Convergence 2025
Diagnostic Performance of Vascular Ultrasound in Giant Cell Arteritis – A Single Center Experience
Ruoning Ni¹, Carol Langford², Minna Kohler³, amne Dargham¹, Irene Katzan¹, Chao Zhang⁴ and Rula Hajj-Ali¹, ¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, ²Cleveland Clinic, Moreland Hills, OH, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Heights, OH
Background/Purpose: Diagnostic approaches to giant cell arteritis (GCA) differ between the United States (U.S.) and Europe, with Europe favoring rheumatologist-performed ultrasound and the U.S. relying…
Abstract Number: 2159 • ACR Convergence 2025
Teaching Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Improves Knowledge and Confidence in the Knee Exam: A Pilot Session with Internal Medicine Trainees
Ann Cameron Barr¹, David Leverenz¹, Lisa Criscione-Schreiber² and Philip Chu³, ¹Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ³Duke University Hospital, Raleigh, NC
Background/Purpose: Poor confidence in musculoskeletal (MSK) care among practicing internists and internal medicine (IM) trainees is well described in the literature. A needs assessment of…
Abstract Number: 1680 • ACR Convergence 2025
Major salivary gland ultrasonographic features of lymphoma and high lymphoproliferative risk lesions in Sjögren’s Disease: a systematic review
Alen Zabotti¹, Valeria Manfrè¹, Maria Teresa Rizzo¹, Alessia Nano¹, Garifallia Sakellariou² and Luca Quartuccio¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine (DMED), Academic Hospital "Santa Maria della Misericordia", ASUFC, University of Udine, Udine, Italy, Udine, Italy, ²Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Università Di Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Background/Purpose: Sjögren's disease (SjD) is burdened by significant lymphoproliferative risk. Up to date there is no established consensus on the salivary gland ultrasonographic (SGUS) features…
Abstract Number: 0520 • ACR Convergence 2025
Implementation of Salivary Gland Ultrasound by General Radiology can Improve Detection of Glandular Inflammation in Patients with Sicca
Stephanie Lee¹, Chadwick Johr², Nora Sandorfi², Ali Dhanaliwala² and Dana DiRenzo², ¹University of Pennsylvania & Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Salivary Gland Ultrasound (SGUS) can be useful in the evaluation and management of Sjögren’s Disease (SjD) but its use has been limited to trained…

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