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Nephrotic syndrome induced by aortic regurgitation with Takayasu arteritis: an autopsy case with long-term clinical follow-up
Takayasu arteritis is a rare, chronic, and large-vessel vasculitis involving the aorta and its branches in a complex autoimmune reaction. Takayasu...
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Interstitial Keratitis
The term interstitial keratitis (IK) was first introduced by John Hutchinson in the 1850s in his description of eye findings in syphilis. As used...
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Tuberculous Coronary Arteritis and Sudden Cardiac Death
Most of the cases of coronary artery vasculitis occur in conjunction with systemic vasculitis. Isolated involvement is very uncommon and so is an...
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Acute interstitial nephritis caused by ANCA-associated vasculitis: a case based review
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)–associated vasculitis (AAV) typically manifests as rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis with crescent...
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Thoracic interstitial injection of drug-liposomes in mice for treating atherosclerosis
Intervaginal space injection (ISI) is a novel mode of administration investigated over the last decade. After injecting nanoparticles into the...
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A case of IgA vasculitis with necrotizing arteritis in a 13-year-old girl
IgA vasculitis (IgAV) is the most frequent form of vasculitis in childhood which classically presents with purpura of the lower extremities, joint...
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COVID-19 among patients with giant cell arteritis: a single-centre observational study from Slovenia
ObjectivesPatients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) represent a fragile population with an increased infection risk. In a recent study, older age, a...
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Interstitial Keratitis
The term interstitial keratitis (IK) was first introduced by John Hutchinson in the 1850s in his description of eye findings in syphilis. As used...
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Incidence and risk factors of venous thrombotic events in patients with interstitial lung disease during hospitalization
BackgroundStudies on the incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) events in patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) are limited and the...
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The clinical features of pulmonary artery involvement in Takayasu arteritis and its relationship with ischemic heart diseases and infection
BackgroundPulmonary artery involvement (PAI) in Takayasu arteritis (TAK) can lead to severe complications, but the relationship between the two has...
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Does [18F]F-FDG-PET/MRI add metabolic information to magnetic resonance image in childhood-onset Takayasu’s arteritis patients? A multicenter case series
BackgroundThe observation that 2-deoxy-2[18F]fluoro-D-glucose-positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging ([18F]F-FDG-PET/MRI) revealed...
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One Giant Step for Giant Cell Arteritis: Updates in Diagnosis and Treatment
Purpose of ReviewGiant cell arteritis (GCA), a medium and large vessel vasculitis occurring in the aged, remains a formidable disease, capable of...
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IgG4-related gastric disease with plasma cell-rich obliterative arteritis accompanied by early-stage gastric cancer: a case report
BackgroundImmunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is an immune-mediated inflammatory disorder that can involve multiple organs. It is...
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Detection of mural inflammation with low b-value diffusion-weighted imaging in patients with active Takayasu Arteritis
ObjectivesTo evaluate the performance of low b -value diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) for detection of inflamed vessels in active Takayasu arteritis...
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Rheumatic Diseases
This chapter explores the relationship between rheumatic diseases and ocular manifestations, focusing on conditions like Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA),...
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Vasculitic Myopathy
Vasculitis is defined as inflammation of blood vessel (arteries, veins, and capillaries) walls at some point of time during the disease course [1,...
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Kidney biopsy in patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis with mild renal abnormality
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis is a systemic inflammation of small or medium blood vessels that includes...
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Granulomatosis with polyangiitis presenting as a solitary renal mass: a case report
BackgroundGranulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is characterized by necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis involving small-sized vessels in the upper...
