Titlebook: Vasculitis in Clinical Practice; Richard A. Watts,David G. I. Scott,Chetan Mukhtyar Book 2015Latest edition Springer International Publish

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Definitionst presentation to a broad spectrum of clinicians. Recent advances in treatment have made it possible for most conditions to be effectively controlled and sometimes even cured. Thirty or forty years ago, these were diseases with a high mortality, but the introduction of appropriate immunosuppressive

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General Presentation of the Vasculitides vasculitis can present in a myriad of ways to a number of specialties. There are no diagnostic criteria or pathognomonic laboratory investigations for systemic vasculitis. The application of classification criteria in clinical practice have been disappointing and should be avoided. The classificati

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General Principles of Treatmentn involvement and the size of the vessels involved (Table 4.1). Therefore, an important part of treatment planning involves the assessment of organ involvement and its severity. Treatment may be divided into remission induction, maintenance, and long-term follow-up. Guidelines on the management of t

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Giant Cell Arteritisnantly the extracranial branches of the aorta. There is a close relationship with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). The first description of GCA was provided by Sir Jonathon Hutchinson in 1890, who described a patient at the London Hospital who could not wear a hat because of painful red streaks on his

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Takayasu Arteritisometimes aneurysm formation of large arteries. TA has various names including pulseless disease, aortic arch syndrome, long-segment atypical coarctation of the aorta, Martorell’s syndrome, and occlusive thromboaortopathy. The first full description of the natural history and pathology of Takayasu ar

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Kawasaki Disease973 [1]. In a study of 20 patients who had coronary angiography following abatement of their initial febrile illness, 12 of the 20 were found to have abnormal coronary angiograms with evidence of coronary aneurysms. Until this time, Kawasaki disease was thought to be a benign illness.

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IgA VasculitisSchönlein’s description preceded the one by Henoch by about 40 years, and therefore, it is historically more accurate to term the syndrome Schönlein–Henoch purpura. William Heberden wrote about a child with arthralgia, edema, abdominal pain, vomiting, malaena, and purpura over the legs in 1801, 36 y

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