Background: A 40-year-old man was referred to a specialist vasculitis center 4 years after being diagnosed with Wegener's granulomatosis. At the time of diagnosis he had presented with skin, ear, nose ...

Wegener’s granulomatosis (WG) is a granulomatous disorder associated with systemic necrotizing vasculitis. Wegener’s granulomatosis predominantly involves the upper airways, lung and kidneys. The ...

A retrospective review was performed of ANCA testing from 1993 to 1999 at Emory University Hospital. The majority of patients were evaluated for active renal disease or vasculitic syndromes. There ...

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)–associated vasculitis encompasses three distinct yet overlapping syndromes: granulomatosis with polyangiitis (formerly Wegener's granulomatosis), microscopic ...

Researchers have made a major advance in treating people with a severe form of vasculitis, anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis, a rare but devastating disease of blood vessels.

This patient had a history of fleeting arthralgia, and he had an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (83 [normal 1–13] mm/hr). A computed tomography scan of the paranasal sinuses (Figure 1) showed ...

What are the Complications of Vasculitis? Most cases of vasculitis can be treated by giving proper medication, however, some cases of vasculitis are severe and involve major organ systems. In these ...

A MUM of two who has the same rare autoimmune disease that Tara Palmer-Tomkinson was diagnosed with has revealed how searing headaches left her begging for relief. Alicia Forshaw, 35, from Newcastle ...

There is no consensus on diagnostic criteria for primary systemic vasculitis. However, vasculitis syndromes are classified according to the size of vessel predominantly involved and the presence or ...