Vasculitis in Clinical Practice

✍ Scribed by Richard A. Watts, David G. I. Scott, Chetan Mukhtyar (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 232
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book focuses on clinical presentation, diagnostic processes and current management of systematic vasculitis, and for this second edition the Editors have updated the treatment approach and nomenclature in line with current practice. Systemic vasculitides are a group of disorders which are of increasing importance. Many of these conditions are only rarely encountered by general physicians and often present significant diagnostic challenges. The Editors aim to provide easily accessible information in a pocket sized format. In doing so they hope to help both the generalist but also rheumatologists who only encounter these problems occasionally.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Definitions....Pages 3-6
Classification and Epidemiology....Pages 7-13
General Presentation of the Vasculitides....Pages 15-23
General Principles of Treatment....Pages 25-36
Front Matter....Pages 37-37
Giant Cell Arteritis....Pages 39-51
Takayasu Arteritis....Pages 53-62
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis – GPA (Wegeners)....Pages 63-78
Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis – EGPA (Churg–Strauss Syndrome)....Pages 79-90
Microscopic Polyangiitis....Pages 91-102
Polyarteritis Nodosa....Pages 103-115
Kawasaki Disease....Pages 117-126
IgA Vasculitis....Pages 127-137
Behçet’s Disease....Pages 139-152
Cryoglobulinemic Vasculitis....Pages 153-158
Vasculitis Mimics....Pages 159-171
Secondary Vasculitis....Pages 173-184
Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System Vasculitis....Pages 185-190
Relapsing Polychondritis....Pages 191-198
Cogan’s Syndrome....Pages 199-203
IgG4 Related Disease....Pages 205-212
Back Matter....Pages 213-220

✦ Subjects

Rheumatology; Internal Medicine; Allergology