Clinical Pearls and Myths in Vasculitis

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WG’s: MythWhatever the explanation, treating these cases wouldexpose them unnecessarily to the toxic side effectsof immunosuppression.My recommendation is to follow such patients closely butnot to start treatment unless there is clinical evidence ofactive diseaseJayne D, Gaskin G, Pusey C, et al: ANCA and prediction of relapse in systemic vasculitis. Q J Med 88:127-133, 1995
In Conclusion…1. We only know a fraction of what there is to know aboutetiology and prevalance of PAN, GCA, TAK, and WG’s2. The rarity of these diseases make them difficult to study3. Multicenter Longitudinal databases are necessary toelucidate genetics, immunopathology, phenotypicsubtypes and new and novel ways to image, anddetermine better markers of flares than our traditionaluse of ESR, CRP and ANCA’s
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