Gastroenterology

Vasculitis

Questions discussed in this category

Would you consider anti-IL-5 therapy (mepolizumab or benralizumab) to either prevent or treat the more severe manifestations of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, such as "infiltrative" (eg cardiomyopathy, pulmonary infiltrates, or gastroenteritis) or "vasculitic" (eg neuropathy, palpable purpura, or glomerulonephritis)?

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How would you approach management of a patient with a medium-to-large vessel vasculitis who developed perforation of the stomach and colon on steroids and cyclophosphamide?

Vasculitis involving aorta, subclavian, common carotid, SMA, IMA, renal artery, and celiac artery.

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How would you approach additional workup and management of a patient with active Crohn’s disease, who has multiple lung and brain nodules, with lung pathology demonstrating necrotizing granulomatous inflammation and brain biopsy with granulomatous inflammation and medium-large vessel vasculitis?

The patient is on mesalamine for Crohn’s and CellCept and HCQ for skin manifestations (currently on hold during workup). The infectious workup i...

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How would you approach new-onset large vessel vasculitis in a young patient with Crohn's disease?

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Papers discussed in this category

Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism, 2016-02

Vasculitis in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases: A study of 32 patients and systematic review of the literature.

Bull Soc Ophtalmol Fr,

[Uveal effusion syndrome secondary to orbital cellulitis].

Am J Hum Genet, 2021 Jan 7

Identification of susceptibility loci for Takayasu arteritis through a large multi-ancestral genome-wide association study.

Annals of internal medicine, 2025 Jul 29

Rituximab Versus Conventional Therapy for Remission Induction in Eosinophilic Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis : A Randomized Controlled Trial.

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