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Hayashi M, Shiraishi K, Yoshida S, Yatsuzuka K, Kohri N, Kuroo Y, Horie K, Muto J, Murakami M, Fujisawa Y. Cutaneous arteritis combined with antiphospholipid syndrome associated with the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors in a patient with a metastatic lung adenocarcinoma. J Dermatol 2024; 51:e166-e167. [PMID: 38063285 DOI: 10.1111/1346-8138.17063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Revised: 11/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
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- Maiko Hayashi
- Department of Dermatology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Infectious Disease, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan
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Cavalerie R, Santos ACD, Leonardi H, Blond L, Beurlet S, Dumont R, Piazza S. C-reactive protein concentration has limited value in the diagnosis of meningoencephalitis of unknown origin in dogs. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2024; 262:481-488. [PMID: 38266391 DOI: 10.2460/javma.23.11.0606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) concentrations of C-reactive protein (CRP) in dogs with meningoencephalitis of unknown origin (MUO); to evaluate whether blood CRP concentration is associated with epidemiological, clinicopathologic, and MRI findings; and to investigate blood CRP predictive power in survival. ANIMALS 30 client-owned dogs with MUO, 15 client-owned dogs with steroid-responsive meningitis arteritis (SRMA; positive control group), and 15 healthy dogs (negative control group). METHODS Blood CRP concentration was measured in each group, while it was performed in CSF only in the MUO and SRMA groups. The analysis of epidemiological data included breed, age, sex, duration of clinical signs, and history of seizures. Blinded analysis of MRI was performed based on a classification grid, and traditional CSF analysis parameters were assessed. The predictive power of blood CRP concentration regarding survival at 6 months was investigated. RESULTS Of the 30 dogs with MUO, 9 (30%) had an increased CRP concentration in blood, and 3 (10%) showed a measurable CRP in CSF. Median blood CRP concentration in dogs with MUO was 0.1 mg/L (range, 0.1 to 102 mg/L), which was not statistically different from the healthy dog group but significantly lower than the SRMA control group. Only the duration of clinical signs was positively associated with an increased blood CRP level. Blood CRP concentration was not associated with survival at 6 months. CLINICAL RELEVANCE Blood CRP concentration is of limited value for the diagnosis and prognosis of dogs with MUO. Chronicity of the disease may be associated with an increased concentration of blood CRP.
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- Robin Cavalerie
- 1Neurology and Neurosurgery Department, Centre Hospitalier Vétérinaire Languedocia, Montpellier, France
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- 1Neurology and Neurosurgery Department, Centre Hospitalier Vétérinaire Languedocia, Montpellier, France
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- 2Diagnostic Imaging Department, Centre Hospitalier Vétérinaire Languedocia, Montpellier, France
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- 4Internal Medicine Department, Centre Hospitalier Vétérinaire Frégis, Arcueil, France
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- 1Neurology and Neurosurgery Department, Centre Hospitalier Vétérinaire Languedocia, Montpellier, France
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Ahn JH, Kang MC, Youn J, Park KA, Han KD, Jung JH. Nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy and incidence of Parkinson's disease based on a nationwide population based study. Sci Rep 2024; 14:2930. [PMID: 38316950 PMCID: PMC10844599 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-53196-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/07/2024] Open
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This study aimed to investigate the association between nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) and Parkinson's disease (PD) using a retrospective, nationwide, population-based cohort in South Korea. This study utilized data from the Korean National Health Insurance database, including 43,960 NAION patients and 219,800 age- and sex-matched controls. Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to assess the risk of developing PD in the NAION group compared to the control group after adjusting for various confounding factors. Subgroup analyses were conducted based on sex, age, and comorbidities. The incidence rate of PD was higher in the NAION group (1.326 per 1000 person-years) than in the control group (0.859 per 1000 person-years). After adjusting for confounding factors, the risk of developing PD was significantly higher in the NAION group (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] 1.516, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.300-1.769). Subgroup analyses did not reveal a significant difference in the risk of PD development based on sex, age, or comorbidities. This retrospective, nationwide, population-based cohort study revealed a significant association between NAION and an increased risk of developing PD in a South Korean population. The incidence rate of PD was observed to be higher in individuals diagnosed with NAION than in age- and sex-matched controls even after adjusting for potential confounding variables, with the risk being approximately 51.6% higher in the NAION group. Further research is necessary to elucidate the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms linking NAION to PD and to determine whether similar associations exist in other ethnic and geographical populations.
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- Jong Hyeon Ahn
- Department of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351, Republic of Korea
- Neuroscience Center, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351, Republic of Korea.
- Neuroscience Center, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Soongsil University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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Fleischman DA, Mauldin EA, Lowe A, Cain CL, Bradley CW. Clinical and histopathological features of rostrolateral nasal alar arteriopathy of German shepherd dogs. Vet Dermatol 2023; 34:441-451. [PMID: 37221296 DOI: 10.1111/vde.13173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Revised: 02/08/2023] [Accepted: 03/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND Dermal arteritis of the nasal philtrum (DANP) has been described in large-breed dogs. OBJECTIVES To characterise clinically distinct, discrete fissures of the dorsolateral nasal alae associated with severe bleeding in German shepherd dogs (GSDs). ANIMALS Fourteen privately owned GSDs with linear rostrolateral nasal alar fissures and a histopathological diagnosis of nasal vasculopathy. MATERIALS AND METHODS Retrospective analysis of medical records and histological slides. RESULTS Mean age of onset was 6 years. Before biopsy, episodic arteriolar bleeding was noted in 11 of the 14 (79%) dogs. Slide analysis revealed enlarged nasal arterioles with expanded vascular tunics and luminal stenosis beneath ulcers. Histopathological lesions consistent with mucocutaneous pyoderma and/or facial discoid lupus erythematosus were present in 5 of the 14 (36%) dogs. Enlarged arterioles stained blue with Alcian blue and Masson's trichrome stains, consistent with deposition of mucin and collagen, respectively. Immunohistochemical stains (neutrophil myeloperoxidase, IBA1, CD3) were performed. CD3 was negative for all dogs, whilst neutrophil myeloperoxidase and IBA1 occasionally demonstrated intramural neutrophils (3 of the 14 dogs, 21%) or histiocytes (1 of the 14 dogs, 7%) in altered vessels, respectively. All dogs underwent medical management and/or surgical excision. Treatments included tacrolimus, prednisone, ciclosporin-modified, pentoxifylline, antimicrobials and doxycycline/niacinamide. No dogs were treated with antimicrobials alone. For seven dogs with long-term follow-up, treatment response was complete in five (71%) and partial in two (29%), with six of the seven (86%) receiving immunomodulatory treatments to maintain remission. CONCLUSION AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Nasal alar arteriopathy of GSDs shares histopathological changes with DANP. It has characteristic clinical and histopathological features and appears amenable to immunomodulation.
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- Drew A Fleischman
- Departments of Clinical Sciences and Advanced Medicine and Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Departments of Clinical Sciences and Advanced Medicine and Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Alta Vista Animal Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Departments of Clinical Sciences and Advanced Medicine and Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Departments of Clinical Sciences and Advanced Medicine and Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Hada T, Amano M, Irie Y, Moriuchi K, Okada A, Matsumoto M, Takahama H, Amaki M, Kanzaki H, Ikeda Y, Hatakeyama K, Kusano K, Noguchi T, Izumi C. Left Ventricular Dysfunction Caused by IgG4-related Small Intramural Coronary Periarteritis. Intern Med 2022; 61:59-63. [PMID: 34219111 PMCID: PMC8810261 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.7721-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a systemic autoimmune disorder known to affect multiple organs. However, IgG4-RD rarely affects the myocardium. We herein report a case of left ventricular dysfunction due to cardiac involvement of IgG4-RD.
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- Tasuku Hada
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Japan
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Schirmer JH, Aries PM, Balzer K, Berlit P, Bley TA, Buttgereit F, Czihal M, Dechant C, Dejaco C, Garske U, Henes J, Holle JU, Holl-Ulrich K, Lamprecht P, Nölle B, Moosig F, Rech J, Scheuermann K, Schmalzing M, Schmidt WA, Schneider M, Schulze-Koops H, Venhoff N, Villiger PM, Witte T, Zänker M, Hellmich B. [S2k guidelines (executive summary): management of large-vessel vasculitis]. Z Rheumatol 2021; 79:937-942. [PMID: 33156418 DOI: 10.1007/s00393-020-00894-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- J H Schirmer
- Klinik für Innere Medizin I, Sektion Rheumatologie, Exzellenzzentrum Entzündungsmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Arnold-Heller-Str. 3, 24105, Kiel, Deutschland.
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- Rheumatologie im Struenseehaus, Hamburg, Deutschland
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- Abteilung für Gefäß- und Endovaskulärchirurgie, St. Marien Hospital, GFO Kliniken Bonn, Bonn, Deutschland
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- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurologie, Berlin, Deutschland
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- Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Deutschland
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- Medizinische Klinik mit Schwerpunkt Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie (CCM), Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland
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- Sektion Angiologie - Gefäßzentrum, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der Universität München, München, Deutschland
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- Sektion Rheumatologie und klinische Immunologie, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der Universität München, München, Deutschland
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- Klinische Abteilung für Rheumatologie und Immunologie, Medizinische Universität Graz, Landesweiter Dienst für Rheumatologie, Südtiroler Sanitätsbetrieb, Graz, Österreich
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- Deutsche Rheuma-Liga Bundesverband e. V., Bonn, Deutschland
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- Medizinische Klinik II, Rheumatologie, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Tübingen, Deutschland
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- Rheumazentrum Schleswig-Holstein Mitte, Neumünster, Deutschland
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- Pathologie - Hamburg, Labor Lademannbogen MVZ, Hamburg, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Rheumatologie und klinische Immunologie, Universität zu Lübeck, Lübeck, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Ophthalmologie, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Deutschland
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- Rheumazentrum Schleswig-Holstein Mitte, Neumünster, Deutschland
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- Medizinische Klinik 3, Rheumatologie und Immunologie, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Deutschland
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- Deutsche Rheuma-Liga Bundesverband e. V., Bonn, Deutschland
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- Medizinische Klinik II, Rheumatologie/Klinische Immunologie, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Deutschland
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- Rheumatologie und klinische Immunologie, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Deutschland
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- Poliklinik und Funktionsbereich für Rheumatologie, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Deutschland
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- Sektion Rheumatologie und klinische Immunologie, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der Universität München, München, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Rheumatologie und klinische Immunologie, Vaskulitis-Zentrum Freiburg, Department Innere Medizin, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Medizinische Fakultät, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Deutschland
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- Universitätsklinik für Rheumatologie, Immunologie und Allergologie, Inselspital, Bern, Schweiz
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- Klinik für Immunologie und Rheumatologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Deutschland
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- Abteilung für Innere Medizin, Immanuel Klinikum Bernau Herzzentrum Brandenburg, Bernau, Deutschland
- Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg, Neuruppin, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin, Rheumatologie und Immunologie, Vaskulitiszentrum Süd, Medius Klinik, Eugenstr. 3, 73230, Kirchheim unter Teck, Deutschland.
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- Y Matsusaka
- Department of Radiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Koda R, Tsuchida M, Iino N, Murata M, Inui K, Nakagawa Y, Nishiyama T, Ikeda Y, Hasegawa G, Oguma F, Narita I. IgG4-related Periarteritis Successfully Diagnosed by an Alternative Prostate Biopsy. Intern Med 2019; 58:2401-2406. [PMID: 30996194 PMCID: PMC6746632 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.2723-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
A 56-year-old man was referred to our facility after developing edema in his right leg. Enhanced computed tomography (CT) revealed a periarterial soft tissue mass surrounding the right iliac artery compressing the iliac vein. His elevated serum IgG4 level indicated IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD). Both a percutaneous and surgical biopsy of this periarterial lesion proved challenging and were not pursued. A prostate biopsy, however, finally provided a histological diagnosis of IgG4-RD. Oral steroid therapy successfully resolved his leg edema and periarterial lesion. This case illustrates the usefulness of an alternative prostate biopsy for the histological diagnosis of IgG4-RD when approaching the primary affected lesion is difficult.
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- Ryo Koda
- Department of Nephrology, Uonuma Institute of Community Medicine, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Uonuma Institute of Community Medicine, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Uonuma Institute of Community Medicine, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Uonuma Institute of Community Medicine, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Uonuma Institute of Community Medicine, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Uonuma Institute of Community Medicine, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Uonuma Institute of Community Medicine, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Uonuma Institute of Community Medicine, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Uonuma Institute of Community Medicine, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Uonuma Institute of Community Medicine, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Japan
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- Division of Clinical Nephrology and Rheumatology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Japan
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Akiyama M, Kaneko Y, Takeuchi T. Characteristics and prognosis of IgG4-related periaortitis/periarteritis: A systematic literature review. Autoimmun Rev 2019; 18:102354. [PMID: 31323364 DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2019.102354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2019] [Accepted: 04/02/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-related disease is a systemic chronic fibroinflammatory disease that can affect almost every organ of the body. IgG4-related periaortitis/periarteritis is a newly recognized subset of IgG4-related disease, and its characteristics and prognosis remain unclear. We investigated the clinical characteristics and prognosis of IgG4-related periaortitis/periarteritis. METHODS We performed a systematic literature review of IgG4-related periaortitis/periarteritis. Additionally, we have summarized the characteristics and prognosis of IgG4-related coronary arteritis. RESULTS We investigated 248 patients with IgG4-related periaortitis/periarteritis. All studies reported the condition in elderly patients, and male predominance was observed. The infra-renal abdominal aorta and iliac arteries were the most commonly affected sites. Most reports showed the serum C-reactive protein elevation in this disease entity, in contrast to non-vascular IgG4-related disease. Based on radiological findings observed in 27 patients with IgG4-related coronary arteritis, vasculitic lesions were classified into 3 types: stenotic (67% of patients), aneurysmal (42%), and diffuse wall thickening type (92%). Serum IgG4 level, but not C-reactive protein level, was associated with the number of affected organs in IgG4-related coronary arteritis. Corticosteroid treatment with or without cardiac surgery or percutaneous coronary intervention was effective in most patients with IgG4-related coronary arteritis; however, 33% of patients showed an unfavorable clinical course including disease progression, relapse, or death. Pre-treatment stenosis and/or aneurysms were associated with progression of stenosis or aneurysm after corticosteroid treatment. CONCLUSION Most clinical characteristics were similar between the IgG4-related periaortitis/periarteritis and the non-vascular IgG4-related disease groups; however, serum C-reactive protein level elevation was observed only in the former. Although corticosteroid treatment was effective, this disease can be life-threatening secondary to myocardial infarction, aortic dissection, and aneurysmal rupture. Pre-treatment evaluation of stenosis or aneurysms is important for predicting progression of stenosis or aneurysm after corticosteroid treatment.
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- Mitsuhiro Akiyama
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan.
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan
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We report a case of a young man suffering from both ankylosing spondylitis and Behçet's disease in whom the character of the ocular involvement changed according to the predominant disease at a given time. When the clinical picture was one of ankylosing spondylitis, only anterior uveitis was observed, while the clinical picture of Behçet's disease occurred with panuveitis and retinal vasculitis. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report in the English literature of two different patterns of ocular involvement in the same patient with two seronegative arthritides.
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- I Beiran
- Department of Ophthalmology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
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Balducci N, Morara M, Veronese C, Barboni P, Casadei NL, Savini G, Parisi V, Sadun AA, Ciardella A. Optical coherence tomography angiography in acute arteritic and non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2017; 255:2255-2261. [PMID: 28861697 DOI: 10.1007/s00417-017-3774-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2017] [Revised: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 08/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The purpose of our study was to describe the feature of acute non-arteritic or arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NA-AION and A-AION) using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) and to compare it with fluorescein angiography (FA) and indocyanine green angiography (ICGA). METHODS In this retrospective, observational case-control study four NA-AION patients and one A-AION patient were examined by FA, ICGA and OCT-A within 2 weeks from disease presentation. The characteristics of the images were analyzed. Optic nerve head (ONH) and radial peripapillary capillaries (RPC) vessel densities (VDs) were compared between NA-AION and controls. RESULTS In two of four NA-AION cases and in the A-AION patient, OCT-A clearly identified the boundary of the ischemic area at the level of the optic nerve head, which was comparable to optic disc filling defects detected by FA. In the other two NA-AION cases, a generalized leakage from the disc was visible with FA, yet OCT-A still demonstrated sectorial peripapillary capillary network reduction. Both ONH and RPC VDs were reduced in NA-AION patients, when compared to controls. CONCLUSIONS OCT-A was able to identify microvascular defects and VD reduction in cases of acute optic disc edema due to NA-AION and A-AION. OCT-A provides additional information in ischemic conditions of the optic nerve head.
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- Nicole Balducci
- Studio Oculistico d'Azeglio, Piazza Galileo 6, 40123, Bologna, Italy.
- Ophthalmology Unit, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
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- Ophthalmology Unit, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Studio Oculistico d'Azeglio, Piazza Galileo 6, 40123, Bologna, Italy
- Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Via Olgettina, 60, Milan, Italy
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- GB Bietti Foundation IRCCS, Via Livenza, 3, 00128, Rome, Italy
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- GB Bietti Foundation IRCCS, Via Livenza, 3, 00128, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Doheny Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Tawakol A, Ishai A, Li D, Takx RA, Hur S, Kaiser Y, Pampaloni M, Rupert A, Hsu D, Sereti I, Fromentin R, Chomont N, Ganz P, Deeks SG, Hsue PY. Association of Arterial and Lymph Node Inflammation With Distinct Inflammatory Pathways in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. JAMA Cardiol 2017; 2:163-171. [PMID: 27926762 PMCID: PMC5310978 DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2016.4728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Importance Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is associated with a high risk of cardiovascular disease and increased arterial inflammation. In HIV, inflammation is also increased within lymph nodes (LNs), tissues known to harbor the virus even among treated and suppressed individuals. Objective To test the hypothesis that arterial inflammation is linked to HIV disease activity and to inflammation within HIV-infected tissues (LNs). Design, Setting, and Participants For this case-control study, participants were recruited from the SCOPE (Observational Study of the Consequences of the Protease Inhibitor Era) cohort, a clinic-based cohort of individuals receiving care at San Francisco General Hospital and the San Francisco Veteran's Affairs Medical Center. Arterial and LN inflammation were measured using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography. Detailed immunophenotyping was performed, along with measurement of viral activity/persistence and of circulating inflammatory biomarkers. Main Outcomes and Measures Arterial and LN inflammation. Results A total of 74 men were studied (45 HIV-infected men with a median age of 53 years [interquartile range, 49-59 years] and 29 uninfected male controls with a median age of 52 years [interquartile range, 46-56 years]). Lymph node inflammation was higher in HIV-infected individuals and correlated with markers of viral disease activity (viral load, CD8+ T cells, and CD4/CD8 ratio) and CD4+ T-cell activation. Uninfected controls had the lowest LN activity (mean [SD] maximum axillary LN standardized uptake value, 1.53 [0.56]), the elite controller and ART-suppressed groups had intermediate levels of LN (mean [SD] maximum axillary LN standardized uptake value, 2.12 [0.87] and 2.32 [1.79], respectively), and the noncontrollers had the highest activity (mean [SD] maximum axillary LN standardized uptake value, 8.82 [3.08]). Arterial inflammation was modestly increased in HIV-infected individuals and was positively correlated with circulating inflammatory biomarkers (high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and IL-6) and activated monocytes (CD14dimCD16+; nonclassical) but not with markers of HIV. While LN and arterial inflammation were increased in HIV, inflammatory activity in these tissues was not related (r = 0.09, P = .56). Conclusions and Relevance While LNs and, to a lesser degree, the arterial wall are inflamed in HIV, inflammation in these tissues is not closely linked. Namely, measures of HIV disease activity are strongly associated with LN inflammation but not with arterial inflammation. These data suggest that LN and arterial inflammation do not share underlying pathways of immune activation and also that therapeutic interventions that reduce viral disease activity may not predictably reduce arterial inflammation in HIV or its downstream consequence (ie, cardiovascular disease).
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- Ahmed Tawakol
- Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam
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- University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc, Frederick, MD, USA
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Centre de Recherche du CHUM and Department of Microbiology, Infectiology, and Immunology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche du CHUM and Department of Microbiology, Infectiology, and Immunology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Josef Georg Heckmann
- Department of Neurology, Municipal Hospital Landshut, Robert-Koch Str. 1, 84034, Landshut, Germany.
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Municipal Hospital Landshut, Landshut, Germany
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Bakhritdinov FS, Suyumov AS. [Surgical treatment of a female patient with type III nonspecific aortoarteritis]. Angiol Sosud Khir 2016; 22:145-151. [PMID: 27336347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Described herein is a case report of a severe lesion of the arterial system in non-specific aortoarteritis: lesion of the aortic arch branches, thoracoabdominal segment of the aorta, abdominal aorta, visceral and renal arteries, thus underlining a multiple nature of the lesion of the aorta and its branches in the pathology concerned. Diagnosis of lesions of the aorta and its branches was made by means of multispiral computed tomography (MSCT), being the most informative method of examination in this cohort of patients, making it possible to accurately diagnose both the degree of the lesion and its extension, to choose an optimal surgical policy, to carry out dynamic follow up of the condition of the reconstructed arterial segments.
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- F Sh Bakhritdinov
- Republican Specialized Centre of Surgery named after Academician V. Vakhidov, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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- Republican Specialized Centre of Surgery named after Academician V. Vakhidov, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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Rodríguez Esteban M, Miranda Montero S, Pérez Hernández H, Llorens León R. Coronary arteritis and pseudoaneurysm in Behçet's disease: A rare cause of myocardial infarction. Reumatol Clin 2015; 11:258-259. [PMID: 25488112 DOI: 10.1016/j.reuma.2014.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2014] [Revised: 10/17/2014] [Accepted: 10/31/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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- Marcos Rodríguez Esteban
- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, España.
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- Unidad de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, España
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, España
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- Servicio de Cirugía Cardiaca, Hospiten Rambla, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, España
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Zaibi H, Akrout I, El Fekih L, Fenniche S, Ben Miled K, Megdiche ML. [A febrile hemiplegia revealing a cerebral tuberculous arteritis]. Tunis Med 2015; 93:392-393. [PMID: 26644106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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García-García J, Sánchez-Larsen Á, Díaz-Maroto I, Ayo-Martín Ó, Segura T. [Carotidynia, back to an old controversial issue]. Rev Neurol 2015; 60:473-474. [PMID: 25952603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Bakhritdinov FS, Suyumov AS. [Surgical treatment of a female patient with non-specific aortoarteritis]. Angiol Sosud Khir 2015; 21:183-191. [PMID: 26035582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Presented herein is a case report of successful surgical treatment of a female patient with non-specific aortoarteritis. In 2004 she was endured single-stage simultaneous autovenous ileorenal prosthetic repair on the right and autovenous aortorenal prosthetic reconstruction on the left for critical stenosis of the left renal artery and occlusion of the right one. In 2007 she underwent balloon dilatation of the aorta for abdominal aortic stenosis with a good favourable therapeutic outcome. In 2013 due to lesions of the aortic arch branches she was subjected to endarterectomy from the common carotid artery on the left, autovenous carotid-subclavian shunting on the right with a favourable outcome. Presented herein are the results of check-up multislice CT-angiography (MSCT) 9 years after operation on renal arteries. Multislice CT-angiography and duplex scanning of aortic arch branches made it possible to choose an optimal surgical policy in this woman. Simultaneous endarterectomy from the common carotid artery on the left with autovenous carotid-subclavian shunting on the right in a patient with non-specific aortoarteritis was used by us for the first time. This operation made it possible to restore patency of the carotid artery and to use it as a donor artery for carotid-subclavian shunting in order to eliminate vertebral subclavian steal syndrome.
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- F Sh Bakhritdinov
- Republican Specialized Surgical Centre named after Academician V. Vakhidov, Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan
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- Republican Specialized Surgical Centre named after Academician V. Vakhidov, Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan
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PURPOSE To describe an atypical presentation of Susac syndrome. METHODS Observational case report. RESULTS A 44-year-old man with no significant medical history presented with inferonasal visual field loss in his left eye of several months of duration. He was found to have bilateral migratory arteritis with focal areas of arteriolar occlusion in both eyes and peripheral ischemia superotemporally in his left eye. An extensive hematologic workup was negative for autoimmune disease or coagulopathy. Magnetic resonance imaging with contrast of his brain revealed a hyperintense lesion in the splenium of the corpus callosum. Auditory testing was significant for nonspecific high-frequency hearing loss in the right ear. Given the full clinical picture, a diagnosis of Susac syndrome was made. CONCLUSION Susac syndrome is a multisystemic, immune-mediated occlusive endotheliopathy characterized by the clinical triad of encephalopathy, branch retinal artery occlusions, and hearing loss. However, patients may present with varying degrees of this triad; thus, there should be a high index of suspicion in patients presenting with multiple artery occlusions or multifocal arteritis.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Noninvasive imaging of atherosclerotic plaques has substantially advanced over the past decade such that currently available imaging techniques allow for characterization of high-risk morphological features of the plaques and quantification of the biological activity within the atherosclerotic milieu. Vascular PET/CT imaging provides insights into the biological activity of atherosclerotic plaques and, in particular, plaque inflammation. Fluoro-deoxyglucose-PET/CT imaging is currently used to improve the understanding of atherosclerotic pathophysiology, facilitate the discovery of new treatments and improve clinical prognostication in humans. RECENT FINDINGS Several studies have evaluated the feasibility, validity and reproducibility of fluoro-deoxyglucose-PET/CT for imaging of atherosclerotic plaque inflammation. Fluoro-deoxyglucose-PET/CT imaging is demonstrated to have the potential to predict the efficacy of novel antiatherosclerotic therapeutics by using a relatively small sample size and within a relatively short time period in several multicenter trials. SUMMARY The currently feasible assessment of inflammation within the atherosclerotic plaques has been demonstrated to enhance assessment of clinical risk, provide a better understanding of therapeutic efficacy of novel drugs, and it may provide a window into inflammation within the coronary tree. Further technological advances in PET technology have the potential to catalyze further progress in imaging of atherosclerotic plaque biology.
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- Hamed Emami
- aCardiac MR PET CT Program, Department of Imaging and Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School bDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Schuster AK, Steinmetz P, Forster TM, Schlichtenbrede FC, Harder BC, Jonas JB. Choroidal thickness in nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy. Am J Ophthalmol 2014; 158:1342-1347.e1. [PMID: 25217855 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2014.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2014] [Revised: 09/03/2014] [Accepted: 09/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PURPOSE To examine choroidal thickness in nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION). DESIGN Retrospective case control study. METHODS In the eye clinic of the University Medical Center in Mannheim, Germany, we studied a group that consisted of patients with nonarteritic AION and a control group that consisted of individuals with normal fundus. Choroidal thickness was measured by the enhanced-depth imaging of spectral-domain optical coherence tomography. The main outcome measure was choroidal thickness. RESULTS The study group consisted of 20 patients: 11 patients with acute nonarteritic AION and an unaffected contralateral eye and 9 patients with acute unilateral nonarteritic AION and previously nonarteritic AION in the contralateral eye. The control group consisted of 58 patients (58 eyes). In multivariate analysis, thinner subfoveal choroidal thickness was associated with the diagnosis of nonarteritic AION (P = 0.001; regression coefficient B, -55.1), after adjusting for age (P < 0.001) and refractive error (P = 0.20). Similarly, unaffected eyes contralateral to eyes with acute nonarteritic AION as compared to control eyes showed thinner subfoveal choroidal thickness (P = 0.037) after adjusting for age (P = 0.001) and refractive error (P = 0.06). In a reverse manner, nonarteritic AION was associated with thinner subfoveal choroidal thickness (P = 0.007) after adjusting for age, optic disc diameter, gender, and refractive error. CONCLUSIONS Eyes affected by nonarteritic AION and unaffected contralateral eyes showed significantly thinner macular choroids than eyes of a control group after adjusting ocular and systemic parameters. A thin choroid may be added to the diagnostic features of nonarteritic AION. Future studies may examine the pathophysiologic meaning of the finding.
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- Alexander K Schuster
- Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty Mannheim of the Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty Mannheim of the Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty Mannheim of the Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty Mannheim of the Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty Mannheim of the Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty Mannheim of the Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany
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Markham R, Rahman A, Tai S, Hamilton-Craig I, Hamilton-Craig C. Myocardial infarction from isolated coronary artery vasculitis in a young patient: a rare case. Int J Cardiol 2014; 180:40-1. [PMID: 25438205 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.11.135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2014] [Accepted: 11/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- Ryan Markham
- University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Gold Coast University Hospital, Gold Coast, Australia.
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- Gold Coast University Hospital, Gold Coast, Australia; Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia
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- Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia
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- Gold Coast University Hospital, Gold Coast, Australia; Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia
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- University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Heart and Lung Institute, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia; University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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Graham UM, Magorrian M, Burns P, Lindsay JR. An unusual headache. BMJ 2014; 349:g5602. [PMID: 25228308 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g5602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- Una M Graham
- Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Mater Hospital, Belfast BT14 6AB, UK
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- Department of Stroke and Elderly Care Medicine, Mater Hospital, Belfast, UK
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK
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- Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Mater Hospital, Belfast BT14 6AB, UK
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Miyamoto K, Miyamoto M, Taniguchi N, Nakazawa Y, Kanda M. [Ultrasonography in Large-Vessel Arteritis]. Rinsho Byori 2014; 62:868-875. [PMID: 27526531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Vasculitides are a group of diseases in which inflammation occurs in various vascular walls of the whole body, and ischemic symptoms are caused by stenoses and occlusions of blood vessels. Various parts of blood vessels of the whole body are affected, and the clinical manifestations are diverse. In the Chapel Hill Consensus Conference (CHCC) 2012, vasculitides are classified into seven categories. Takayasu arteritis and giant cell arteritis are included in large-vessel vasculitis. Large-vessel arteritis is defined as vasculitis affecting the aorta and its major branches more often than other vasculitides, but any sized artery may be affected. Ultrasonography has been progressing rapidly, so we can easily depict vessels of the surface of the body, in 0.1-mm units, and indicate the blood flow noninvasively. Ultrasonography has been used for the diagnosis of and estimation of the treatment for large-vessel vasculitis, and its importance has been increasing.
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Pediatric granulomatous diseases constitute a heterogenous group of conditions in terms of clinical phenotypes, pathogenic mechanisms, and outcomes. The common link is the presence of multinucleated giant cells in the inflammatory infiltrate. The clinical scenario in which a tissue biopsy shows granulomatous inflammation is not an uncommon one for practicing adult and pediatric rheumatologists. Our role as rheumatologists is to develop a diagnostic plan based on a rational differential diagnostic exercise tailored to the individual patient and based mainly on a detailed clinical assessment. This chapter presents a comprehensive differential diagnosis associated with a classification developed by the authors. We describe with some detail extrapulmonary sarcoidosis, Blau syndrome, and immunodeficiency associated granulomatous inflammation, which in our view are the paradigmatic primary forms of granulomatous diseases in childhood. The other entities are presented only as differential diagnoses listing their most relevant clinical features. This chapter shows that almost all granulomatous diseases seen in adults can be found in children and that there are some entities that are essentially pediatric at onset, namely Blau syndrome and most forms of immunodeficiency associated granulomatous diseases.
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- Carlos D Rose
- Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, 1600 Rockland Road, Wilmington, DE 19803-3607, USA.
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- Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, 1600 Rockland Road, Wilmington, DE 19803-3607, USA
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- Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, 1600 Rockland Road, Wilmington, DE 19803-3607, USA
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Desai A, Chhabria R, Mehta N, Munshi SC. Acute myocardial infarction--an unusual presentation of non-specific aortoarteritis. J Assoc Physicians India 2014; 62:619-620. [PMID: 25672039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A 42 year old man presented with classical presentation of Acute ST elevation MI of 2 hours duration. His CAG revealed a spared LMCA with a totally occluded LAD in proximal segment, for which he underwent a successful PAMI with DES to LAD. 2 days later he developed high grade fever, elevated inflammatory markers (ESR/CRP) with a dull aching pain in root of neck. On evaluation of brachiocephalic vessels, CT Aortogram suggested a diagnosis of acute onset Non-Specific Aortoarteritis. Nonspecific Aortoarteritis in young males is an uncommon presentation, though associated coronary artery involvement is known, but its presentation as an Acute MI is a rare phenomenon.
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Pulmonary arteritis is a rare cause of pulmonary hypertension. Causes of pulmonary arteritis can be divided into primary and secondary, as well as classified according to vessel size. Only large vessel vasculitis is associated with pulmonary hypertension; primary forms include Takayasu arteritis and giant cell arteritis. The diagnosis of pulmonary arteritis can be challenging and the associated morbidity is serious without prompt, directed treatment. The authors present a case involving a 48-year-old First Nations man presenting with a six-month history of exertional dyspnea and severe stenosis of the left pulmonary artery, who was ultimately diagnosed with pulmonary arteritis related to large vessel vasculitis.
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- Suzana M Gilmour
- Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
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- Respiratory Division, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
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- Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
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- Respiratory Division, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
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A 71-year-old woman presented with a high-grade fever, neck pain, anemia and thrombocytopenia. After performing further examinations, we concluded that she had simultaneously developed large vessel vasculitis and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). Although glucocorticoid administration improved her clinical symptoms, the MDS transformed into acute myeloid leukemia and she died one year after receiving the diagnosis. The occurrence of immune-mediated disorders in patients with MDS is a well-known phenomenon; however, large vessel vasculitis is a rare complication of MDS. Our case suggests that the association between systemic vasculitis and MDS may result in poor outcomes.
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- Takayuki Katsuyama
- Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Japan
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Chronic pulmonary thromboembolism (CPE) is a challenging diagnosis for clinicians. It is an often-forgotten diagnosis and can be difficult to detect and easily misdiagnosed. The radiologic features on CT pulmonary angiography are subtle and can be further compounded by pathologic mimics and unusual findings observed with disease progression. Diagnosis is important because CPE can lead to progressive pulmonary hypertension, morbidity, and mortality. Moreover, chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension is the only category of pulmonary hypertension with an effective curative treatment in the form of pulmonary endarterectomy. Therefore, CPE must be considered and recognized early. The features of chronic pulmonary emboli on CT scans can be categorized into vascular or parenchymal findings. Endoluminal signs include totally or partially occlusive thrombi and webs and bands. Parenchymal features such as mosaic attenuation and pulmonary infarction are also noted, in addition to features of pulmonary artery hypertension. Additional findings have been noted, including cavitation of infarcts, microbial colonization of cavities, and bronchopleural fistulae. As CPE can be diagnosed at different stages of its disease pathway, such findings may not necessarily arouse suspicion toward a causative diagnosis of chronic embolism. To aid diagnosis for clinicians, this article describes the characteristic vascular and parenchymal CT scan features of chronic emboli, as well as important ancillary findings. We also provide an illustrative case series focusing on CT pulmonary angiography specifically as an imaging modality to highlight the progressive nature of CPE and its sequelae, as well as important radiologic mimics to consider in the differential diagnosis.
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- North Bristol Lung Centre, Southmead Hospital, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, England.
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Franz M, Alfidja A, Molucon Chabrot C, Hermet E, Montoriol PF, Rosset E, Boyer L, Chabrot P. [Lymphoma and arteries: peri- or intravascular?]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 38:162-71. [PMID: 23473620 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmv.2013.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2012] [Accepted: 01/13/2013] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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PURPOSE Lymphoma is a polymorphous disease that does not spare arteries. Arterial involvement may be perivascular or intravascular, with different prognostic and therapeutic implications. PATIENTS AND METHODS We present here one case of perivascular lymphoma and another case of intravascular lymphoma in order to highlight the specific features of each type. RESULTS The first patient was a woman who presented a pseudo-aneurysmal anterior iliac artery due to a non-Hodgkin lymphoma with subsequent bilateral pyelocalyceal distension. The second patient was a man who developed intravascular lymphomatosis expressed by an aneurysm of the common femoral then the primitive iliac artery. CONCLUSION The distinction between perivascular and intravascular arterial involvement is based on a range of features and is essential for an optimal care of patients with lymphoma.
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MESH Headings
- Aged
- Aneurysm/etiology
- Aneurysm/pathology
- Aneurysm, False/etiology
- Aneurysm, False/pathology
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use
- Aorta, Abdominal/pathology
- Arterial Occlusive Diseases/etiology
- Arteritis/diagnosis
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Femoral Artery/pathology
- Fourth Ventricle/pathology
- Humans
- Hydrocephalus/etiology
- Iliac Artery/pathology
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/complications
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/diagnosis
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/diagnostic imaging
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/drug therapy
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/pathology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Positron-Emission Tomography
- Recurrence
- Renal Artery Obstruction/complications
- Sarcoma/diagnosis
- Thrombosis/etiology
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- M Franz
- Service de Radiologie B, Pôle de Radiologie, CHU Gabriel-Montpied, 58 rue Montalembert, BP 69, 63003 Clermont-Ferrand cedex 1, France.
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Tanashchuk EL, Smitienko IO, Baĭkova TA. [Aortoarteritis in HBV-associated liver cirrhosis: diagnostics, therapeutic strategy, and prognosis]. Klin Med (Mosk) 2013; 91:68-72. [PMID: 24417072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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A case of decompensated liver cirrhosis in a women with a long silent period of HBV infection is presented. The first manifestation was generalized vasculitis involving small and medium-size vessels and elastic-type arteries with the development of aortoarteritis. Proper interpretation of manifestations of viral liver cirrhosis allowed for immunosuppressive treatment in combination with effective antiviral drugs. As a result, aviremia, regression of vasculitis and portal hypertension along with considerable improvement of the prognosis were achieved.
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- Jun Tanigawa
- Department of Cardiology, Osaka Medical College, Japan
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Travellers to tropical destinations who seek medical attention after returning to their home country often present with fever, frequently as a result of an imported infectious disease. For this reason, clinicians initially focus on an infectious cause when a clear relationship in time exists between travel and disease onset. We present a case of a patient, who developed fever 2 weeks after his return from Ghana and who was finally diagnosed with an auto-immune disease: arteritis of the large arteries. This case illustrates that broad differential diagnostic thinking is paramount in the assessment of returned travellers.
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- A Goorhuis
- Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Kaido T, Otsuki T, Ogawa M, Takahashi A, Kaneko Y, Yamamoto T, Nakata Y. Medullary ischemia due to vertebral arteritis associated with Behçet syndrome: a case report. Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol 2012; 30:239-242. [PMID: 23156855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Here we report an extremely rare case of Behçet syndrome (BS) that showed acute onset of Wallenberg syndrome and was treated successfully by corticosteroids. A 51-year-old woman with BS had a sudden onset of Wallenberg syndrome. Three days after the onset, she was transferred to our institute. In the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study on admission, T2-weighted and fluid-attenuated inversion recovery images showed a high intensity area in the left paramedian region of the medulla oblongata. Contrast-enhanced T1-weighted images showed enhancement in the vessel wall of the left vertebral artery. We diagnosed her as having Wallenberg syndrome due to the acute vertebral arteritis associated with BS. After initiation of high-dose steroid therapy, her symptoms gradually improved. Two months after admission, she was discharged from our institute with mild hemihypesthesia. We hypothesized that vertebral arteritis due to BS had caused hypoperfusion of the medullary perforators causing Wallenberg syndrome in our patient.
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- Takanobu Kaido
- Department of Neurosurgery, National Center Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan.
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Hayreh SS. Non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy versus cerebral ischemic stroke. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2012; 250:1255-60. [PMID: 22527329 DOI: 10.1007/s00417-012-2026-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2012] [Revised: 03/25/2012] [Accepted: 04/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Yu F, Dai X, Beebe T, Hsiai T. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy to characterize inflammatory atherosclerotic plaques. Biosens Bioelectron 2011; 30:165-73. [PMID: 21959227 PMCID: PMC3210389 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2011.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2011] [Revised: 09/09/2011] [Accepted: 09/09/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Despite advances in diagnosis and therapy, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the Western world. Predicting metabolically active atherosclerotic lesions has remained an unmet clinical need. We hereby developed an electrochemical strategy to characterize the inflammatory states of high-risk atherosclerotic plaques. Using the concentric bipolar microelectrodes, we sought to demonstrate distinct Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopic (EIS) measurements for unstable atherosclerotic plaques that harbored active lipids and inflammatory cells. Using equivalent circuits to simulate vessel impedance at the electrode-endoluminal tissue interface, we demonstrated specific electric elements to model working and counter electrode interfaces as well as the tissue impedance. Using explants of human coronary, carotid, and femoral arteries at various Stary stages of atherosclerotic lesions (n=15), we performed endoluminal EIS measurements (n=147) and validated with histology and immunohistochemistry. We computed the vascular tissue resistance using the equivalent circuit model and normalized the resistance to the lesion-free regions. Tissue resistance was significantly elevated in the oxLDL-rich thin-cap atheromas (1.57±0.40, n=14, p<0.001) and fatty streaks (1.36±0.28, n=33, p<0.001) as compared with lesion-free region (1.00±0.18, n=82) or oxLDL-absent fibrous atheromas (0.86±0.30, n=12). Tissue resistance was also elevated in the calcified core of fibrous atheroma (2.37±0.60, n=6, p<0.001). Despite presence of fibrous structures, tissue resistance between ox-LDL-absent fibroatheroma and the lesion-free regions was statistically insignificant (0.86±0.30, n=12, p>0.05). Hence, we demonstrate that the application of EIS strategy was sensitive to detect fibrous cap oxLDL-rich lesions and specific to distinguish oxLDL-absent fibroatheroma.
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- Fei Yu
- Biomedical Engineering and Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Southern California, DRB Suite 140, 1042 Downey Way, Los Angeles, California, USA 90089
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- Biomedical Engineering and Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Southern California, DRB Suite 140, 1042 Downey Way, Los Angeles, California, USA 90089
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- Biomedical Engineering and Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Southern California, DRB Suite 140, 1042 Downey Way, Los Angeles, California, USA 90089
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- Biomedical Engineering and Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Southern California, DRB Suite 140, 1042 Downey Way, Los Angeles, California, USA 90089
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Czerninski R, Pikovski A, Meir K, Casap N, Moses AE, Maly A. Oral syphilis lesions--a diagnostic approach and histologic characteristics of secondary stage. Quintessence Int 2011; 42:883-889. [PMID: 22026003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Syphilis is among the oldest recognized sexually transmitted diseases. In the past decade, its incidence has risen significantly in the developed world. Oral syphilitic lesions, the most common extragenital sign of infection, are a diagnostic challenge to dentists, who are usually the first to examine the oral lesions. Biopsies are occasionally the first examination performed, but histologic findings are considered nonspecific. We present two new cases as well as an additional 25 published cases, suggesting that plasma cell arteritis and plasma cell neuritis is a combination that has not been reported in any other pathologic condition of the oral cavity and may be specific enough to direct the clinician toward a diagnosis of syphilis prior to clinical confirmation.
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- Rakefet Czerninski
- Department of Oral Medicine, The Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Suh MH, Kim SH, Park KH, Kim SJ, Kim TW, Hwang SS, Kim DM. Comparison of the correlations between optic disc rim area and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in glaucoma and nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy. Am J Ophthalmol 2011; 151:277-86.e1. [PMID: 21168811 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2010.08.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2010] [Revised: 08/14/2010] [Accepted: 08/18/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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PURPOSE To test whether comparison of the correlation between optic disc rim area and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness (rim-RNFL correlation) can differentiate eyes with nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) from eyes with open-angle glaucoma (OAG). DESIGN Prospective cross-sectional study. METHODS One hundred and thirteen eyes with OAG and 22 with NAION were included in this study. The rim-RNFL correlation in OAG eyes was analyzed in global and 12-clock-hour parameters using rim areas determined by Heidelberg retina tomography (HRT II) and RNFL thicknesses determined by optical coherence tomography (Cirrus OCT). The eyes with NAION were determined whether to be out of the 95% prediction interval (PI) for the rim-RNFL correlation of OAG in global and clock-hour parameters. RESULTS A significant linear rim-RNFL correlation was observed in global and all clock-hour sectors, except the 3-, 4-, and 9-o'clock sectors, in OAG (0.045 < r(2) < 0.64, P < .05, respectively). All eyes with NAION were outside the 95% PI of the rim-RNFL correlation of OAG in at least 1 clock-hour sector in terms of clock-hour parameters, as compared with 63.6% of eyes in terms of global parameter. All NAION eyes (n = 21) with 7- or 11-o'clock involvement had a rim-RNFL correlation outside the 95% PI of OAG for corresponding clock-hour sectors. CONCLUSIONS By comparison of the rim-RNFL correlation, eyes with NAION were found to be well differentiated from OAG eyes, especially in clock-hour sectors. It might be an objective approach to discriminate NAION from OAG.
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- Min Hee Suh
- Department of Ophthalmology, Kwandong University, Myongji Hospital, Koyang, Korea
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Suzuki H, Fujigaki Y, Mori M, Yamamoto T, Kato A, Wakahara N, Hayashi H, Yamashita K, Kazui T, Hishida A. Giant coronary aneurysm in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. Intern Med 2009; 48:1407-12. [PMID: 19687588 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.2079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Coronary aneurysm is rare in SLE and confirmation of etiology is usually made at postmortem examination. We encountered a giant aneurysm with multiple stenotic segments of the coronary arteries in a patient with SLE who had previous history of AAA/TAA. Resection of the aneurysm and coronary artery bypass graft were successfully performed. Histology of the coronary arterial wall showed severe damage of the media with inflammatory cell infiltration, indicating that the aneurysm was caused by arteritis. The aneurysm may have developed during the long course of inactive stage of SLE, emphasizing the need for screening of coronary lesions in the management of SLE.
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- Hiroyuki Suzuki
- The First Department of Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine.
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Abdul Jalil N, Abdul Rahim N, Md Shalleh N, Rossetti C. 18F-FDG positron emission tomography/computed tomography and the "underground map" appearance in imaging Horton's arteritis. Singapore Med J 2008; 49:e178-e182. [PMID: 18695852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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A majority of the clinical use of positron emission tomography (PET)-computed tomography (CT) is related to cancer management. Its application in evaluating inflammatory diseases and pyrexia of unknown origin is becoming popular. We reviewed the fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose PET-CT findings of an 80-year-old woman with nonspecific clinical presentation consisting of generalised malaise, moderately high fever and weight loss. Prior CT and magnetic resonance imaging were not helpful in providing a clinical diagnosis. The diagnosis was Horton's arteritis, and the patient responded well to high-dose steroids.
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- N Abdul Jalil
- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Radionuclide Imaging Unit, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia.
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Rocchietti March M, Del Porto F, Proietta M, Laganà B, D'Amelio R, Aliberti G. Microscopic polyangiitis with sexual and reproductive system involvement: first description of a case. Intern Emerg Med 2008; 3:183-5. [PMID: 18273570 DOI: 10.1007/s11739-008-0109-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2006] [Accepted: 05/07/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Pipitone N, Holl-Ulrich K, Gross WL, Lamprecht P. Unclassified vasculitis with acral ischemic lesions: "forme fruste" or idiopathic vasculitis? Clin Exp Rheumatol 2008; 26:S41-S46. [PMID: 18799052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES While acral ischemia and necrosis represent a common problem in connective tissue diseases and other disorders, acral ischemic lesions are also occasionally encountered in primary and secondary systemic vasculitides. Here we report on the course of 4 patients with acral ischemic lesions as a hallmark of unclassified vasculitis. We compare these cases with 4 additional cases of acral ischemia complicating classified vasculitis. OBJECTIVES To report on our experience with cases of unclassified vasculitis and acral ischemic lesions during the past 5 years and review the literature on vasculitis and acral ischemic lesions. METHODS The case history of one of the patients with unclassified vasculitis and acral ischemic lesions is reported in detail. The Medical history of another 3 patients presenting with vasculitic acral ischemic lesions and unclassified vasculitis during the past 5 years in our department (Lübeck/Bad Bramstedt) is summarized and compared to the course of patients with acral ischemic lesions complicating classified vasculitides. A PubMed database review of reports on acral ischemic lesions and vasculitis from 1985 to August 2006 was performed using the following combination of keywords: "Vasculitis" [MeSH] AND ("Necrosis" [MeSH] OR "Ischemia" [MeSH] OR "Infarction" [MeSH]) AND ("Extremities" [MeSH] OR "Fingers [MeSH] OR "Toes" [MeSH] OR "limb"), yielding 1328 entries. This search was subsequently limited to "Humans, All Adult (19+ years)", yielding 904 entries. Only three (0.7%) of these entries described one (one paper) or more (n=28) patients (two papers) with idiopathic vasculitis characterized by digit necrosis in the absence of systemic manifestations (except in some cases for arthralgia) or laboratory parameters pointing to a diagnosis of an established type of vasculitis. RESULTS A 37-year-old female presented with acral ischemic lesions of the left forefoot, fingers and toes, and Raynaud's phenomenon. Angiography showed multiple stenoses of ulnar and digital arteries, anterior and posterior tibialis arteries, and occlusions of radial artery and occlusion of the plantar artery in the absence of large vessel abnormalities. Histological analysis of an amputation disclosed giant cell arteritis of small vessels. The patient achieved remission with immunosuppressive treatment (cyclophosphamide and prednisolone). Three other patients with acral ischemic lesions and unclassified vasculitis also lacking other manifestations and defining laboratory and technical features during initial presentation and follow-up of 4 month to 5 years are presented. Necrotizing and leukocytoclastic vasculitis were present in two other patients, respectively. In contrast, acral ischemic lesions could be attributed to rheumatoid vasculitis and essential cryoglobulinemic vasculitis in two other cases each based on the patient's history and laboratory findings at the time of presentation of acral ischemic lesions. CONCLUSIONS While acral ischemic lesions could represent initial or isolated (forme fruste) manifestations of a defined vasculitis, acral ischemic lesions may rarely be encountered as the predominant manifestation of an as yet unclassified vasculitis. the histological findings seem to differ. Our report includes a peculiar case of giant cell arteritis of small arteries not classifiable as giant cell arteritis of large arteries or Takayasu disease.
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- N Pipitone
- Rheumatology Unit, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
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Milchert M, Brzosko M. Comment on "Polymyalgia rheumatica as the manifestation of unclassified aortitis". Mod Rheumatol 2008; 18:427-8. [PMID: 18437284 DOI: 10.1007/s10165-008-0073-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2008] [Accepted: 03/13/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Taniguchi I, Kawai M. [Coronary arteritis (vasculitis)]. Nihon Rinsho 2007; Suppl 5 Pt 2:43-46. [PMID: 17952971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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- Ikuo Taniguchi
- Division of Cardiology, The Jikei University School of Medicine
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Ceriani L, Oberson M, Marone C, Gallino A, Giovanella L. F-18 FDG PET-CT Imaging in the Care-Management of a Patient With Pan-Aortitis and Coronary Involvement. Clin Nucl Med 2007; 32:562-4. [PMID: 17581348 DOI: 10.1097/rlu.0b013e3180646a6e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Luca Ceriani
- Departments of Nuclear Medicine, EOC Regional Hospital of Bellinzona, CH-6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland.
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Zenone T, Knefati Y, Sabatier JC. Polyarteritis nodosa presenting with jaw claudication and headache. Joint Bone Spine 2007; 74:301-2. [PMID: 17379564 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2006.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2006] [Accepted: 09/18/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Recent developments in the nosology of primary systemic vasculitis are placed in the context of an historical overview. The ongoing attempts to develop criteria for classification and diagnosis are discussed. RECENT FINDINGS Giant cell arteritis has supplanted temporal arteritis as the preferred term for chronic granulomatous arteritis in older adults. A new classification system for childhood vasculitis has been proposed by a European collaborative group. A study of idiopathic polyarteritis nodosa demonstrates greater similarity to microscopic polyangiitis in relapse rate than previously reported. Controversy has arisen over the eponym Wegener's granulomatosis because of alleged involvement of Friedrich Wegener in the Nazi regime during World War II. Diagnostic criteria for Kawasaki disease are problematic because many patients with coronary artery involvement do not fulfill current criteria at the time of presentation. Classification of antineutrophil cytoplasm autoantibody-associated small vessel vasculitis based on antineutrophil cytoplasm autoantibody specificity has been complicated by the finding that different ethnic groups may have very different clinical features relative to antigen specificity; for example, most patients with Wegener's granulomatosis in China have myeloperoxidase-antineutrophil cytoplasm autoantibodies rather than proteinase 3-antineutrophil cytoplasm autoantibodies. SUMMARY Within the past year, new classification systems for primary vasculitis have been proposed, new classification criteria have been developed, and the appropriateness of a longstanding eponym has been challenged.
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- J Charles Jennette
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7525, USA.
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Cannabis arteritis manifests in cannabis users, independently of tobacco consumption. Around 50 cases were reported in the literature since the first description of this entity in 1960. We report the case of a 36-year-old man, cannabis user, without vascular risk factor who developed digital necrosis on the right foot. The pedal pulses were not palpable. He had no abnormal laboratory findings. Arteriography revealed distal segmental lesions and occlusion of popliteal artery. This arteritis was linked to cannabis use, but the patient did not stop cannabis consumption. His symptoms became even worse and he eventually developed sub-acute ischaemia in his left leg despite vascular treatments. Amputation of the right second toe and of the left leg finally became necessary. Cannabis arteritis is relatively similar to thromboangiitis obliterans in its clinical and arteriographical presentation. A parallelism can be made between the role of tobacco in thromboangiitis obliterans pathogenesis and the role of cannabis in cannabis arteritis. Cannabis use must be searched in young patients presenting with arteriopathy. Cannabis arteritis may indeed represent a frequent cause of juvenile peripheral obstructive arterial disease, but is probably under-diagnosed.
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- I Peyrot
- Department of Dermatology, Teaching Hospital Pierre-Zobda-Quitman, Fort de France, France.
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Deleón-Ortega J, Carroll KE, Arthur SN, Girkin CA. Correlations between retinal nerve fiber layer and visual field in eyes with nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy. Am J Ophthalmol 2007; 143:288-294. [PMID: 17157797 PMCID: PMC1906588 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.09.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2005] [Revised: 09/18/2006] [Accepted: 09/18/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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PURPOSE To evaluate correlations between retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness with visual field (VF) sensitivities in eyes with nonartertic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION). DESIGN Case-control study in an academic, institutional setting. METHODS One eye from 21 patients with NAION and 32 healthy participants were included in this prospective study. Humphrey visual field (HVF) sensitivities were obtained from standard achromatic HVF test (24-2 SITA). RNFL was measured with scanning laser polarimetry (SLP, GDx-VCC) and optical coherence tomography (OCT, StratusOCT). Correlations were evaluated between RNFL and sensitivities from global, hemifields, and regional locations of the VF pertinent to the RNFL distribution. A total of 15 NAION eyes had inferior altitudinal HVF defects, and their global and regional RNFL was compared with that of control eyes. The main outcome measure was correlation between HVF sensitivities and RNFL. RESULTS Correlations of global, hemifield, and sectorial HVF sensitivities with RNFL were greater when RNFL was measured with OCT than with SLP, except for nasal and inferonasal sectors. RNFL thickness was far lower in the hemiretinas corresponding to the relative unaffected hemifield in eyes with altitudinal VF defect compared with controls. CONCLUSIONS In patients with NAION, RNFL measured by OCT provided better correlation to HVF changes than SLP did. Both instruments showed decreased RNFL in NAION eyes with altitudinal VF defects compared with control eyes, demonstrating loss of RNFL even in sectors of the optic disk that corresponded to relatively unaffected hemifield, suggesting greater damage beyond the extent estimated by VF methods.
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- Julio Deleón-Ortega
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35233, USA.
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