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How do you approach differentiating segmental arterial mediolysis from abdominal vasculitis?

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Rheumatology · Birmingham VA Medical Center

This can be quite challenging. Patients with SAM tend not to have increased inflammatory markers to the degree that patients with abdominal vasculitis do. In addition, I rarely have found a SAM patient being systemically ill like we commonly do see patients with systemic vasculitis involving the abd...

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