A 22-year-old Indian male presented to the emergency department with hemoptysis. A month prior, he had presented to an urgent care center complaining of cough with occasional episodes of blood-tinged sputum in the morning. He was diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia based on a chest X-ray without laboratory testing and was prescribed levofloxacin. A few days…
GPA Patient Carries NORD Banner to Top of Mt. Everest
On May 23, 2010, Cindy Abbott was standing on top of the world. She had spent the past 51 days climbing Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world, and had finally reached the summit. “I was very anxious to get off and get back down,” she says, adding that the summit is about the…
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: A Case Review
Diagnosis, treatment and management of refractory gastrointestinal hemorrhage in a patient with GPA
7 Things Ophthalmologists Want Rheumatologists to Know
Careful collaboration is key to treating patients with rheumatic or inflammatory diseases that affect the eyes
Maintenance of Remission in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Relapses are common, but difficult to predict and prevent.
Case Study: 66-Year-Old Man with Visual Loss, Headache, Hematuria, Chronic Sinusitis
A 66-year-old man presented to the hospital with left-sided visual loss, headache, hematuria, and symptoms of a chronic sinusitis.
The Granulomatosis of Wegener’s
Delving deeper into the nonvasculitis aspects of the disease