ALLMedicine™ Vasculitis Center

May 7th, 2021 - Leukocyte activation by anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) and the subsequent leukocyte-endothelium interaction play a key role in the development of endothelial damage in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV). In contrast to that of leukocyte...

May 7th, 2021 - Cryocrystalglobulinemia (CCG) is a rare subset of type 1 cryoglobulinemia that is classically associated with an underlying paraproteinemia. The cryocrystalglobulins are characterized by extracellular crystals, which are eosinophilic, periodic aci...

May 5th, 2021 - Utility of Vessel Wall Imaging in suspected CNS Vasculitis with normal routine workup.|2021|Wadhwa A,Hahn C,Fifi-Mah A,Almekhlafi M,|

May 5th, 2021 - Immunoglobulin A (IgA) vasculitis mainly affects the joints, skin, kidneys, and gastrointestinal tract; however, purpura is an essential diagnostic criterion. Here, we report an unusual case of IgA vasculitis without purpura in an elderly woman. A...

May 4th, 2021 - COVID-19 and ANCA-associated vasculitis - recommendations for vaccine preparedness and the use of rituximab.|2021|Bruchfeld A,Kronbichler A,Alberici F,Fervenza FC,Jayne DRW,|

Jan 20th, 2020 - JCS 2017 Guideline on Management of Vasculitis Syndrome　- Digest Version.|2020|Isobe M,Amano K,Arimura Y,Ishizu A,Ito S,|standards,standards,standards,diagnosis,epidemiology,physiopathology,therapy,

Jul 4th, 2019 - Since the publication of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) recommendations for the management of large vessel vasculitis (LVV) in 2009, several relevant randomised clinical trials and cohort analyses have been published, which have th...

Mar 17th, 2019 - IgA vasculitis (IgAV, formerly known as Henoch-Schönlein purpura) is the most common cause of systemic vasculitis in childhood. To date, there are no internationally agreed, evidence-based guidelines concerning the appropriate diagnosis and treatm...

Oct 6th, 2017 - The proposal by the 1994 International Chapel Hill Consensus Conference on the Nomenclature of Systemic Vasculitides (CHCC1994) and by the CHCC2012 markedly influenced the classification and way of considering cutaneous vasculitis. In the proposal...

Mar 30th, 2017 - Kawasaki disease is an acute vasculitis of childhood that leads to coronary artery aneurysms in ≈25% of untreated cases. It has been reported worldwide and is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children in developed countries. To revis...

May 7th, 2021 - Leukocyte activation by anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) and the subsequent leukocyte-endothelium interaction play a key role in the development of endothelial damage in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV). In contrast to that of leukocyte...

May 7th, 2021 - Cryocrystalglobulinemia (CCG) is a rare subset of type 1 cryoglobulinemia that is classically associated with an underlying paraproteinemia. The cryocrystalglobulins are characterized by extracellular crystals, which are eosinophilic, periodic aci...

May 6th, 2021 - The serious infection risk associated with rituximab treatment for antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) is high but can be offset by co-prescribing co-trimoxazole, data from a single-center, retrospective study re...

May 5th, 2021 - Utility of Vessel Wall Imaging in suspected CNS Vasculitis with normal routine workup.|2021|Wadhwa A,Hahn C,Fifi-Mah A,Almekhlafi M,|

May 5th, 2021 - Immunoglobulin A (IgA) vasculitis mainly affects the joints, skin, kidneys, and gastrointestinal tract; however, purpura is an essential diagnostic criterion. Here, we report an unusual case of IgA vasculitis without purpura in an elderly woman. A...

May 6th, 2021 - The serious infection risk associated with rituximab treatment for antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) is high but can be offset by co-prescribing co-trimoxazole, data from a single-center, retrospective study re...

Apr 27th, 2021 - This article originally appeared on the Hospital for Special Surgery's website. Case Report A 45-year-old woman with a history of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) since 2006 came to the Hospital for Special Surgery in 2014 for continued manageme...

Sep 21st, 2020 - A new study has found that late-onset neutropenia is a notably common and occasionally serious occurrence in rituximab-treated patients with autoimmune diseases. Dr. Reza Zonozi "The literature on late-onset neutropenia – or LON – has, to date, be...

Jun 25th, 2020 - Question 1 of 2 Which of the following is considered a major diagnostic criteria for Sweet syndrome? Your Peers Chose: Abrupt onset of painful erythematous plaques or nodules 0% History of acute myeloid leukemia 0% Response to oral prednisone 0% E...

Jun 15th, 2020 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a label update for brolucizumab (Beovu, Novartis) that will include additional safety information regarding retinal vasculitis and retinal vascular occlusion after receiving postmarketing reports ...