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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Allam, Mohamed N
• Baba Ali, Nima
• Mahmoud, Ahmed K
• Scalia, Isabel G
• Farina, Juan M
• Abbas, Mohammed Tiseer
• Pereyra, Milagros
• Kamel, Moaz A
• Awad, Kamal A
• Wang, Yuxiang
• Barry, Timothy
• Huang, Steve S
• Nguyen, Ba D
• Yang, Ming
• Jokerst, Clinton E
• Martinez, Felipe
• Ayoub, Chadi
• Arsanjani, Reza

Titel

Multi-Modality Imaging in Vasculitis

Ist Teil von

• Diagnostics (Basel), 2024-04, Vol.14 (8), p.838

Ort / Verlag

Switzerland: MDPI AG

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Systemic vasculitides are a rare and complex group of diseases that can affect multiple organ systems. Clinically, presentation may be vague and non-specific and as such, diagnosis and subsequent management are challenging. These entities are typically classified by the size of vessel involved, including large-vessel vasculitis (giant cell arteritis, Takayasu's arteritis, and clinically isolated aortitis), medium-vessel vasculitis (including polyarteritis nodosa and Kawasaki disease), and small-vessel vasculitis (granulomatosis with polyangiitis and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis). There are also other systemic vasculitides that do not fit in to these categories, such as Behcet's disease, Cogan syndrome, and IgG4-related disease. Advances in medical imaging modalities have revolutionized the approach to diagnosis of these diseases. Specifically, color Doppler ultrasound, computed tomography and angiography, magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography, or invasive catheterization as indicated have become fundamental in the work up of any patient with suspected systemic or localized vasculitis. This review presents the key diagnostic imaging modalities and their clinical utility in the evaluation of systemic vasculitis.