CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 44 year old man who presented with an ANCA-associated systemic vasculitis and aortic regurgitation of unusual mechanism. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Rectal Bleeding

  Two weeks before admission to a secondary level hospital, she developed fever up to 40°C followed by abdominal pain, rectal bleeding, hematemesis and blisters on both legs, reason for which she was hospitalized. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Larva Migrans

  To our knowledge, this is the first observation of temporal vasculitis associated with helminthic infection, extending the clinical spectrum of visceral larva migrans. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Prompt referral for a complete rheumatologic workup in cases of unexplained hearing loss would allow for a timely diagnosis of a collagen vascular disease and facilitate early initiation of systemic therapy, possibly yielding better audiological results [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Diagnostic workup for MPA reveals the presence of serum ANCA and absence of surface hepatitis B antigen or antibody. [slideshare.net]

Electrocardiograms (ECGs) are a series of leads placed on a person's chest that measure electrical activity associated with contraction of heart muscle.[83] The taking of an ECG is an important part in the workup of an AMI,[24] and ECGs are often not [en.wikipedia.org]

• Creatinine Decreased

  OUTCOMES: The serum creatinine decreased to 2.17 mg/dL a week later. MPO-ANCA turned negative when re-examined 3 weeks later. No relapse has been observed during follow-up for 6 months. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Legionella Pneumophila

  Three (12%) patients were admitted to the ICU for infections, including pneumonia ( Legionella pneumophila, n = 1; Staphylococcus aureus, n = 1) and sepsis ( Escherichia coli, n = 1), after 1 month of immunosuppressive treatment for newly diagnosed HBV-related [doi.org]

• Rickettsia Rickettsii

  rickettsii Hepatitis C and B – cryoglobulinemic vasculitis Treponema pallidum HIV Varicella zoster virus (VZV) Autoimmune rheumatic systemic disease testing – lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS) Antinuclear antibody [arupconsult.com]

• Arterial Biopsy showing Vasculitis

  biopsy showing polymorphonuclear cellsKawasaki disease. [en.wikipedia.org]

Long-term treatment and disease-related morbidity are major threats. The last decade has seen a collaborative international effort to determine effective treatment. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The combination of vasculitis and cardiomyopathy is associated with a poor prognosis. Early treatment with immunosuppressants in conjunction with appropriate cardiac pharmacotherapy is considered important and has dramatically improved prognosis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

For example, a patient with purpura, nephritis, and abdominal pain caused by Henoch–Schönlein purpura usually has a good prognosis. .. [doi.org]

All patients with a vasculitis of unidentified etiology should be evaluated for HIV infection. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Over the past three decades, tremendous progress has been made through investigative efforts to understand etiologic, pathogenetic and clinical underpinnings of these disorders. [uncch.pure.elsevier.com]

Homepage Rare diseases Search Search for a rare disease Vasculitis Disease definition Vasculitis represents a clinically heterogenous group of diseases of multifactorial etiology characterized by inflammation of either large-sized vessels (large-vessel [orpha.net]

These protean clinical manifestations, combined with the etiologic nonspecificity of the histologic lesions, complicate the diagnosis of specific forms of vasculitis. [doi.org]

: Epidemiology of vasculitis in Europe. Ann Rheum Dis 2001, 60 :1156–1157. PubMed CrossRef Google Scholar 6. [link.springer.com]

[…] provide our annual digest of the recent literature on systemic vasculitis in which we reviewed all the articles published during the last 12 months on large-, medium- and small-vessel vasculitis, and selected the most relevant studies regarding the epidemiology [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Scott, Epidemiology of systemic vasculitis, Current Rheumatology Reports, 10.1007/s11926-005-0036-5, 7, 4, (270-275), (2005). [doi.org]

Subsequently, we review the literature on the combination of myelodysplastic syndromes and systemic vasculitis and discuss the prognostic consequences, considerations for treatment and possible pathophysiological mechanisms. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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BOSTON— The latest research on the pathophysiology and treatment of small- and large-vessel vasculitides was presented by three international experts at a clinical symposium called “Therapeutic Decisions in Systemic Vasculitis” at the ACR/ARHP Annual [the-rheumatologist.org]

Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies: current diagnostic and pathophysiological potential. Kidney Int. 1994;46(1):1-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ki.1994.239. PMid:7933826. Burns JC, Glodé MP. Kawasaki syndrome. [jvascbras.org]

Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography disclosed septal hypertrophy preventing a complete closure of the aortic valve and thus responsible for a massive aortic regurgitation. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Eating well can help prevent potential problems that can result from your medications, such as thinning bones, high blood pressure and diabetes. [mayoclinic.org]