High Risk of Stroke in ANCA-associated Vasculitis High Risk of Stroke in ANCA-associated Vasculitis
A new study finds a higher incidence of stroke among patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis. What are the predictive factors and outcomes of these patients?Rheumatology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - September 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Rheumatology Journal Article Source Type: news
Complications From Geographic Atrophy Drug Fuel Questions Complications From Geographic Atrophy Drug Fuel Questions
An extension study found no cases of occlusive retinal vasculitis after 23,000 injections of pegcetacoplan, but a panel received more reports of the complication and dealt with conflicts of interest.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Ophthalmology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Ophthalmology Headlines - August 7, 2023 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Ophthalmology News Source Type: news
Retina Group Warns on Complications From New GA Drug Retina Group Warns on Complications From New GA Drug
The American Society of Retina Specialists has reported six cases of vasculitis not seen in clinical trials.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - July 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ophthalmology News Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Minute: What is Takayasu's arteritis?
You've been feeling fatigued, lost a little weight, and had some muscle aches and pains, and your doctor can't determine what's wrong. What seem like symptoms of a common cold could actually be early signs of something called vasculitis, a group of disorders of the blood vessels that often go undiagnosed for years. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Jason Howland explores one of the rarer forms of vasculitis, Takayasu's arteritis. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - July 18, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Minute: How vasculitis affects the body
The Vasculitis Clinic at Mayo Clinic is a place where experts in a number of fields of medicine help adults and children diagnose and treat vasculitis, and conduct important research. But what is this relatively rare condition? Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute https://youtu.be/-inDomneGL0 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1:09) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. Vasculitis is a group of conditions — all related… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - June 21, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
PET/MRI shows promise for breast cancer imaging
PET/MRI is among the newest technologies in radiology, and on its cutting edg...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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SST2 PET shows promise for patients with large-vessel vasculitis (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - June 12, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Cutaneous Vasculitis Curtails Quality of Life Cutaneous Vasculitis Curtails Quality of Life
Survey respondents described generally poor health-related quality of life (QoF) that was characterized as being more severe with a skin-specific instrument than with a generic health-related QoF index.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Dermatology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Dermatology Headlines - May 12, 2023 Category: Dermatology Tags: Dermatology News Source Type: news
Cocaine Damage Can Be Misdiagnosed as Nasal Vasculitis Cocaine Damage Can Be Misdiagnosed as Nasal Vasculitis
In additional to similar nasal symptoms, cocaine can trigger production of antibodies that mimic the clinical presentation of granulomatosis with polyangiitis.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - April 14, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Rheumatology News Source Type: news
JAK Inhibitor Succeeds in Refractory Vasculitis
(MedPage Today) -- Patients with treatment-resistant granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) may see improvement with tofacitinib (Xeljanz), results of a small trial suggested.
Among 11 patients for whom at least four previous drugs had failed... (Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology)
Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology - March 16, 2023 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news
Experts Share Details Prescribing Avacopan for ANCA Vasculitis Experts Share Details Prescribing Avacopan for ANCA Vasculitis
Rheumatologists said more data are needed to determine optimal glucocorticoid tapering and treatment duration of avacopan for patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines - March 14, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Rheumatology News Source Type: news
ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: Parsing the Kidney Complications
(MedPage Today) -- Bearing in mind that renal impairment is among the worst complications of ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV), researchers have identified four different trajectories of kidney function over time in AAV patients, with implications... (Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology)
Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology - March 4, 2023 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news
What is PAN?
Discussion
Vasculitis is an inflammation of the blood vessels. Often, the term implies the arterial vessels, but venous and capillary vessels can be affected. The nomenclature to describe vasculitis and its classification have varied over time. Arterial vessel size is one method and some more common entities include:
Small vessel, mainly
Granulomatous – granulomatosis with polyangiitis (aka Wegener’s granulomatosis), eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (aka Churg Strauss syndrome)
Nongranulomatous – Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP), microscopic polyangiitis
Medium vessel, mainly
Childhood sys...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - February 27, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
[Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR] Roche reports good results for 2022 despite decline in demand for COVID-19 products
Basel, 2 February 2023Group sales grow by 2%1 at constant exchange rates (CER) and 1% in Swiss francs, despite lower COVID-19-related sales in both divisionsPharmaceuticals Division salesincrease by 2%; continued strong growth of newer medicines more than compensating for the impact of biosimilars and lower sales of Actemra/RoActemra (severe COVID-19)Diagnostics Division salesgrow by 3%; ongoing strong momentum in base business (+7%) more than compensating for the continuing decline in the demand for COVID-19 tests in the second half of the yearHighlightsin the fourth quarter of 2022 (incl. January 2023):US approvals ofLun...
Source: Roche Media News - February 2, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
[Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR] Roche reports good results for 2022 despite decline in demand for COVID-19 products
Group sales grow by 2%1 at constant exchange rates (CER) and 1% in Swiss francs, despite lower COVID-19-related sales in both divisionsPharmaceuticals Division salesincrease by 2%; continued strong growth of newer medicines more than compensating for the impact of biosimilars and lower sales of Actemra/RoActemra (severe COVID-19)Diagnostics Division salesgrow by 3%; ongoing strong momentum in base business (+7%) more than compensating for the continuing decline in the demand for COVID-19 tests in the second half of the yearHighlightsin the fourth quarter of 2022 (incl. January 2023):US approvals ofLunsumio (follicular lymp...
Source: Roche Investor Update - February 2, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
SST2 PET shows promise for patients with large-vessel vasculitis
PET imaging with somatostatin receptor 2 (SST2) radiotracers shows major promis...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Pilot study shows PET/MRI's benefits for large-vessel vasculitis (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 30, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
