Patients with different forms of systemic vasculitis experience long-term morbidity and mortality caused by cardiovascular disease due to premature atherosclerosis. Epidemiologic reports of patients with GCA suggest that long-term mortality…
In this review, we summarise the current understanding of the potential link between cancer and anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV), including granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener’s; GPA) and microscopic polyangiitis (MPA)….
Infections, mainly viral, are the cause of some vasculitides, like polyarteritis nodosa (hepatitis B virus) or mixed cryoglobulinemia (hepatitis C virus), and it has been hypothesized that others might be…
Classification criteria have an important role and practical use in everyday rheumatology. Improvement in therapy and our understanding of the aetiopathogenesis of vasculitis have driven the need to have better…
Over the last decade, there have been significant advances in the understanding of the pathogenesis of vasculitis and the emergence of new therapeutic regimens for vasculitis. What used to be…
All medical practice and research must be evidence-based, as far as this is possible. With medical knowledge constantly growing, it has become necessary to possess a high level of information…
Abstract Ultrasound allows one to detect easily joint involvement. In addition to its primary use as a diagnostic tool, ultrasound is increasingly used by rheumatologists to guide musculoskeletal interventions. The…
Over the last decade, increasing numbers of rheumatologists have incorporated musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) as a valuable diagnostic tool into their clinical practice. Some countries have established training programmes for MSUS….
In the differential diagnostic process for rheumatic inflammatory and/or connective tissue diseases (CTDs), history taking and physical examination are of main importance, more than additional investigations, as many diagnoses are…
Abstract In this article I will consider the basic principles of requesting, acquiring, interpreting and reporting plain radiographs of joints, including assessment of the distribution of joint abnormalities, and specific…
