Abstracts tagged "angiitis"

Abstract Number: 2953 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Comparison of Patient Outcomes in Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System and Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome
Elisabeth Ray¹, Didem Saygin¹, Seby John², William Messner³, Ken Uchino⁴, Leonard H. Calabrese⁵ and Rula A Hajj-Ali⁶, ¹Rheumatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ³Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Cerebrovascular Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ⁵Rheumatic & Immunologic Disease, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁶Rheumatic and Immunologic Dis, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome (RCVS) is an important mimic of Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System (PACNS). Distinct clinical and diagnostic features differentiate…
Abstract Number: 2969 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
10 Year Retrospective Analysis of 276 Cases of Histopathologically Confirmed Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis
Shazdeh Butt¹ and Thomas Olenginski², ¹Rheumatology, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, ²Department of Rheumatology, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
Background/Purpose: We identified leukocytoclastic vasculitis (LCV) patients seen over 10 years at our institution. Aims included 1) define cause; 2) record lab, imaging, and ancillary…