Vasculitis
1 month ago
#Blinded by results? 😊
#Ocular #involvement in #GPA
👇
Helped by #rituximab
👁️ #GPA
Difficult
Proptosis
Pseudotumour
Conjunctivitis
Scleritis
Vasculitis
Ocular muscles - diplopia
Small case series ‘author defined’ remission in
80% 👍 #RTX
#abst0726 @rheumnow #ACR24 https://t.co/GHptelOTyv
1 month ago
"We look forward to Carol Langfords upcoming leadership at ACR and its newfound focus on ANCA vasculitis as the most important disease" 😆😂
-Phil Seo
#ACR24 @RheumNow
It’s been eight years, and here we are again. The ACR annual meeting was last in Washington DC in 2016, and there’s probably a lot about ACR 2024 in DC that seems familiar. Maybe for some, it’s the…
This year at #ACR24, emulation trials are being presented.Are these ‘trials’ helpful, despite the biases that occur with observational data, or do they truly mimic the results of randomized…
1 month ago
New data to guide role of long-term, low dose GC in GPA
Active GPA s/p tx -> randomized to d/c pred within 1 mo or stay on 5mg daily
Fewer relapses on 5mg pred but w/qualifications:
👉 most flares = minor
👉 no difference in flares if RTX on board
@RheumNow #ACR24 Abst 0774 https://t.co/Jvc40QWLqM
1 month ago
Should we screen new #PMR pts for #LVV?
Pts with PMR had lower risk of aortic complications vs #GCA & similar risk as gen pop
BUT if they developed GCA later, the risk was same as those with new GCA
➡️Screening recommended in new GCA but not PMR pts
Ab0859 #ACR24 @RheumNow https://t.co/HsHPGlt5A9