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ACR Poster Session A
185. US Examination of Wrists and Hands: A Comparison
Between Rheumatoid Arthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis.
Andrea Delle Sedie 1 , Niccolò Possemato 2 , Elena Sardano 3 ,
Elisa Cioffi 4 , Stefano Bombardieri 2 and Lucrezia Riente 2 ,
1
Rheumatology Unit, Pisa, Italy, 2 Rheumatology Unit,
University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, 3 Immunology Unit, University
of Pisa, Italy, 4 School of Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa,
Italy
186. Detection of Inflammation in Early Psoriatic Arthritis by
Ultrasound - a Longitudinal Study. Axel P. Nigg 1 , Anna M.
Malchus 1 , Mathias Grünke 1 , Matthias Witt 1 , Joerg C. Prinz 2
and Hendrik Schulze-Koops 1 , 1 Division of Rheumatology and
Clinical Immunology, Med. Poliklinik, University of Munich,
Munich, Germany, 2 Department of Dermatology, University
of Munich, Munich, Germany
187. Metric Properties of Imaging Methods in Osteoarthritis
of the Hand: A Systematic Review. Michael S. Saltzherr,
Ruud W. Selles, Sita M.A. Bierma-Zeinstra, Galied S.R.
Muradin, J. Henk Coert, Johan W. van Neck and Jolanda J.
Luime, Erasmus MC - University Medical Center, Rotterdam,
Netherlands
188. New Onset Bilateral Painful Shoulder in Patients with
Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Rheumatoid Arthritis: An
Ultrasound Study. David A. Navarta 1 , Santiago Ruta 1 , Javier
Rosa 1 , Carla Saucedo 1 , Ricardo Garcia Monaco 2 and Enrique
R. Soriano 1 , 1 Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medical Services,
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina,
2
Radiology and Imagenology Department, Hospital italiano
de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
189. The Role of Color-Doppler-Sonography in the Diagnosis
of Giant Cell Arteritis Characterized by Adventitial
Inflammation of the Temporal Arteries. Francesco
Muratore, Luigi Boiardi, Nicolo Pipitone, Alberto Cavazza,
Giovanna Restuccia, Giuseppe Germanò, Pierluigi
Macchioni, Gianluigi Bajocchi, Maria Grazia Catanoso, Luca
Magnani, Fulvia Rossi, Ilaria Chiarolanza, Lucia Dardani,
Andrea Caruso, Alessandra Ghinoi and Carlo Salvarani,
Arcispedale S Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy
190. Challenges to Expanding the Clinical Application of
Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography Among Rheumatologists
in Japan. Maasa Hama, Kaoru Takase, Atsushi Ihata,
Mitsuhiro Takeno and Yoshiaki Ishigatsubo, Yokohama City
University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
191. Are Training Sessions Useful for Ultrasound Scan Evaluation
of Synovitis In Rheumatoid Arthritis Andrés Ponce 1 ,
Juan J. Alegre 2 , Manuel Castaño 3 , Ricardo Gutierrez-Polo 4 ,
Francisco G. Jiménez-Núñez 5 , María P. Macarrón 6 and Jesús
Garrido 7 , 1 Hospital General de Granollers, Granollers, Spain,
2
Hospital Universitario Dr Peset, Valencia, Spain, 3 Hospital
Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain, 4 C.H. de
Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, 5 Hospital Regional Universitario
Carlos Haya., Malaga, Spain, 6 Hospital Clínico San Carlos,
Madrid, Spain, 7 Facultad de Psicología.Universidad
Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
192. The Most Reliable Probe Position in An RA Wrist Is From
Lister’s Tubercle to Digit III, the Zorro Study. Noelia Dopazo
Gonzalez 1 , David F. Ten Cate 2 , Antonio Mera 3 , S.A. Insua
Vilariño 4 , Nanno Swen 5 , E. Perez-Pampin 4 , Juan J. Gomez-
Reino 6 and Jolanda J. Luime 7 , 1 Erasmus Medical Centre
Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2 Erasmus Medical
Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 3 General Hospital, Santiago
Compostela, Spain, 4 University Clinical Hospital of Santiago
de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 5 Medical
Center Alkmaar, Alkmaar, Netherlands, 6 Hospital Clinico
Universitario, Santiago, Spain, 7 Erasmus MC - University
Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
193. Meta-Analysis: Improvement In Wrist Pain with US-Guided
Glucocorticoid Injections As Compared to Palpation-
Guided Injections. Maureen Dubreuil 1 , Stephanie Greger 2 ,
Michael P. LaValley 3 , Wilmer L. Sibbitt 4 and Eugene Y. Kissin 5 ,
1
Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, 2 Boston University
Medical Center, Boston, MA, 3 Boston University School of
Public Health, Boston, MA, 4 University of New Mexico HSC,
Albuquerque, NM, 5 Boston University, Boston, MA
194. Steroid Injection for Plantar Fasciitis - a Placebo-Controlled
Trial. Elisabeth M.A Ball 1 , Helen M.A. McKeeman 2 , James
Burns 3 , Wing Hoi Yau 3 , Owen Moore 3 , Claire Benson 3 ,
Joanne Foo 3 , Chris Patterson 4 , Gary D. Wright 3 and Allister
J. Taggart 3 , 1 Musgrave Park Hospital/Queens’ University,
Belfast, United Kingdom, 2 Belfast City Hospital, Belfast,
United Kingdom, 3 Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast, United
Kingdom, 4 Epidemiology Research Group, Queens University
Belfast, United Kingdom
195. Power Doppler Ultrasound Findings and Serum Levels of
Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Cytokines in Normal Joints.
Joanne Kitchen 1 and David Kane 2 , 1 Adelaide and Meath
Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, 2 Adelaide, Meath hospital Dublin
(incorporating the National Children’s hospital), Dublin 24 ,
Ireland
196. Lack of Correlation Between Synovial Biology and
Ultrasound Features of Synovitis in Osteoarthritis. Jeannie
H. Chao 1 , Sanna Rosengren 2 , Joshua Hillman 2 , Kenneth C.
Kalunian 2 , Scott Ball 1 , Brady K. Huang 1 , Gary S. Firestein 2
and David L. Boyle 2 , 1 UCSD, La Jolla, CA, 2 UCSD School of
Medicine, La Jolla, CA
197. Comparison of Optical Coherence Tomography and High
Frequency Ultrasound As Measures of Skin Thickness in
Systemic Sclerosis; A Pilot Study. Andrea Murray 1 , Donna
Buckley 2 , Graham Dinsdale 1 , Tonia Moore 1 , Mark Dickinson 2
and Ariane Herrick 1 , 1 School of Translational Medicine,
University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health
Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, 2 Photon
Science Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester,
United Kingdom
198. Sensitivity and Specificity of Indocyanine Green Enhanced
Optical Imaging (Xiralite) in Comparison to Magnetic
Resonance Imaging and Ultrasonography. Stephanie G.
Werner 1 , Peter Schott 2 , Sarah Ohrndorf 3 , Carsten Schwenke 4 ,
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