Extrarenal manifestations of systemic vasculitis in children

Otolaryngologic manifestations of systemic vasculitis.

Systemic vasculitis is a heterogeneous group of diseases of various aetiologies and manifestations. In general, the clinical results derive from ischemia caused by vascular inflammation, which depends on the organ affected. Such vasculitis cases are classified according to the classification of the Chapel Hill conference. They can present with relative frequency as ENT manifestations in both th...

Cutaneous Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Iranian Children

Systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) is an autoimmune process in which cutaneous lesions occur in majority of patients. This study was conducted to determine the pattern and prevalence of such lesions in SLE in Iranian children infected with SLE. Forty-eight patients, age between 3-16 yrs and male to female ratio of 7/1 were examined for the presence of cutaneous manifestations of SLE. The most co...

Audiovestibular Manifestations in Systemic Vasculitis: An Update

The kaleidoscopic manifestations of systemic vasculitis.

The IXth Menarini International Symposium on Autoimmunity took place in Seville (Spain) in December 2010, and focused on “The kaleidoscopic manifestations of systemic vasculitis”, addressing both pathogenic and clinical aspects of Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibody-Associated Systemic Vasculitis (AASV). Moreover, two specific topics related to primary angiitis of the central nervous syste...

Imaging techniques for the evaluation of systemic manifestations of vasculitis

Vasculitis create a local inflammatory process in the vessel wall, which determines the different organic manifestations according to vessel size and location. Imaging techniques play a key role in the characterization and detection of large and medium size vessel vasculitis. Imaging is able to detect the vessel wall edema and to monitor the therapeutic response. In small vessel vasculitis, ima...