How would you approach new-onset large vessel vasculitis in a young patient with Crohn's disease?
Patients with Crohn's Disease (or IBD) can develop features of large vessel vasculitis or even other forms of vasculitis. The first consideration in a young patient would be determining the type of vasculitis--whether there is a distribution and clinical picture suggestive of TAK. It is important to...
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An association between vasculitis and inflammatory bowel disease has been described for some time with major centers sensing the co-occurrence of vasculitis and inflammatory bowel disease is more frequent than should be the case by chance. Our group and others have reported on this for large- and sm...
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I consider Behcet's when there are colonic ulcers and negative granulomatous path in the right setting.
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