Vasculitis, An Issue of Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

1st Edition, Volume 34-1 - November 14, 2023
Editors: Mahmud Mossa-Basha, Carlos A. Zamora, Mauricio Castillo
Language: English
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In this issue of Neuroimaging Clinics, guest editors Drs. Mahmud Mossa-Basha, Carlos Zamora, and Mauricio Castillo bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Vasculitis. Both conventional and advanced imaging play a central role in the diagnosis of vasculitides, and in this issue, top experts in the field discuss classification, guidelines, diagnosis, pathology, and imaging of every major type of vasculitis.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
CME Accreditation Page
Forthcoming Issues
Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Overview of Vasculitides in Adults
Key points
Overview of vasculitides in adults
Diagnosis
Diagnosis
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Infectious and Postinfectious Vasculopathies
Key points
Introduction
Varicella zoster virus
Meningovascular syphilis
Delayed cerebral vasculopathy after successful treatment of acute bacterial meningitis
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Treatment of Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System
Key points
Introduction
Treatment strategies
Treatment
Other treatment considerations
Long-term outcomes
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Pathology of Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System
Key points
Introduction
Discussion
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Usefulness of Different Imaging Methods in the Diagnosis of Cerebral Vasculopathy
Key points
Introduction
Discussion
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Primary Large Vessel Vasculitis: Takayasu Arteritis and Giant Cell Arteritis
Key points
Introduction
Diagnosis
Imaging modalities
Ultrasound/color Doppler ultrasound
Positron emission tomography/computed tomography and positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance
Computed tomography angiography
Magnetic resonance angiography//magnetic resonance imaging and vessel wall imaging
Vessel wall magnetic resonance imaging technique
Clinical application of vessel wall magnetic resonance imaging
Early manifestations
Disease evolution
Additional advantages of vessel wall imaging
Vessel wall magnetic resonance imaging in the biopsy guidance
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Imaging of Small Artery Vasculitis
Key points
Introduction
Types of small artery vasculitis
Diagnostic workup
Differential diagnosis
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Imaging of Vasculitis Associated with Systemic Disease
Key points
Introduction
Neuroimaging role in central nervous system vasculitis diagnosis
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Sjögren’s syndrome
Rheumatoid arthritis
Sarcoidosis
Miscellaneous
Summary
Clinics care points
Funding
Neuroimaging of Infectious Vasculopathy
Key points
Introduction
Pathophysiology
When to suspect of an infectious vasculopathy
Extracranial and systemic infectious
Intracranial infectious
Role of intracranial high-resolution vessel wall imaging
Summary
Clinics care points
Funding
Conflict of interest
Imaging of Drug-Related Vasculopathy
Key points
Introduction
Imaging technique and protocol
Illicit drug-associated vasculopathy
Medication-associated central nervous system vasculopathy
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Imaging of Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome and Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome
Key points
Introduction
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome
Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Imaging of Childhood Cerebral Vasculitis
Key points
Introduction
Classification
Diagnostic algorithm
Methods of imaging evaluation
Imaging findings in childhood cerebral vasculitis
Children primary angiitis of the CNS
Secondary central nervous system vasculitis
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Imaging of Amyloid-beta-related Arteritis
Key points
Summary
Clinics care points

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Mahmud Mossa-Basha

Carlos A. Zamora

Mauricio Castillo