Oxford Textbook of Vasculitis

Description

The third edition of this definitive and highly-regarded reference work provides a comprehensive review of vasculitis, a fascinating array of life-threatening and minor conditions caused by inflammatory syndromes and diseases that affect the blood vessels. The text uniquely brings together concepts from both the biological and clinical aspects of vasculitis. Research in clinical immunology now invigorates the entire area of vasculitis and shapes a rational approach to pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment, which is the substance of this text. Over 40 chapters cover known vasculitic conditions, and are illustrated with over 250 full-colour photographs of clinical and pathologic findings, diagrams, and tables.

Separate sections are devoted to basic science, clinical manifestations commonly seen in vasculitis, imaging and percutaneous interventions, individual diseases and syndromes, as well as conditions which can mimic vasculitis. Many of the conditions are rare, and it is the exceptional clinician who has much experience with more than a few of these; thus, the invaluable experience of the international team of authors makes this edition truly indispensible.

Now in the Oxford Textbooks in Rheumatology series, this new edition of Vasculitis is published with a concurrent online version, which features access to the full content of the textbook, contains links from the references to primary research journal articles, allows full text searches, and provides access to figures and tables that can be downloaded to PowerPointRG.

This volume is the definitive reference for rheumatologists, clinical immunologists, and general internists, and will also be of interest to dermatologists, gastroenterologists, cardiologists, pulmonologists, nephrologists, neurologists, pathologists, vascular surgeons, and pediatricians.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Introductory Chapters
1. Nomenclature and classification of vasculitic syndromes, Gene V. Ball and S. Louis Bridges, Jr.
2. Epidemiology of vasculitis, Richard A. Watts and David G. I. Scott

Part 2: Basic Science
3. Hypersensitivity, T. Prescott Atkinson
4. Biology of endothelial cells, Zoltan Szekanecz, Gyorgy Kerekes, and Alisa. E. Koch
5. Complement in vasculitis, John E. Volanakis
6. Autoantibodies in vasculitis, an Damoiseaux and Jan Willem Cohen Tervaert
7. Pathogenesis of vasculitis, Gene V. Ball, S. Louis Bridges, Jr., and T. Prescott Atkinson
8. Animal models of vasculitis, Peter Heeringa
9. Pathologic features of vasculitis, Andrew Churg

Part 3: Clinical Manifestations Common to Vasculitis
10. Cutaneous manifestations of vasculitis, Nicole M. Fett and Victoria P. Werth
11. Ocular manifestations of systemic vasculitis, Russell W. Read
12. Cardiopulmonary manifestations of vasculitis, Stephen K. Frankel and Marvin I. Schwarz
13. Vasculitic neuropathy, Shin J. Oh
14. Vasculitic manifestations in the gastrointestinal tract, Gaafar Ragab
15. Renal manifestations, Cees G.M. Kallenberg and Jan W. Cohen Tervaert
16. Digital ischemia and Raynaud's phenomenon, K. Kwasind Huston, John H. Stone, and Fredrick M. Wigley

Part 4: Imaging and Percutaneous Interventions
17. Angiography and percutaneous intervention, Souheil Saddekni and Rachel F. Oser
18. Cross-sectional imaging in vasculitis, Enrique A. Sabater and Anthony W. Stanson
19. PET imaging in vasculitis, Daniel Blockmans

Part 5: Vasculitic Diseases and Syndromes and Related Disorders
20. Approach to the diagnosis of vasculitis in adult patients, Barri J. Fessler
21. Vasculitis in infancy, childhood, and adolescence, Ross E. Petty
22. Assessment of disease activity and damage, Raashid Luqmani
23. Giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica, Kenneth J. Warrington and Cornelia M. Weyand
24. Takayasu's arteritis, Yasushi Kobayashi, Tomohiro Ishii, and Hideo Harigae
25. Polyarteritis nodosa, Loic Guillevin and Benjamin Terrier
26. Microscopic polyangiitis, Loic Guillevin and Benjamin Terrier
27. Cutaneous polyarteritis, Angelo Gaffo
28. Kawasaki's disease, Jane C. Burns
29. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis: pathogenesis, Peter Lamprecht, Konstanze Holl-Ulrich, and Wolfgang L. Gross
30. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis: clinical and immunodiagnostic aspects, Susanne Schinke, Wolfgang L. Gross, and Elena Csernok
31. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis: treatment, Julia U. Holle, Bernhard Hellmich, and Wolfgang L. Gross
32. Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, Jeremy M. Clain and Ulrich Specks
33. Vasculitis in primary connective tissue disorder, Laura B. Hughes
34. Behcet's syndrome: pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, and treatment, Emire Seyahi, Gulen Hatemi, Izzet Fresko, Melike Melikoglu, and Hasan Yazici
35. Juvenile Behcet's syndrome, Gulsevim Azizlerli and Rifkiye Sarica-Kucukoglu
36. Vasculitis of the central nervous system, Rula A. Hajj-Ali, George F. Duna, and Leonard H. Calabrese
37. Thromboangiitis obliterans, Michael Frank and Jean-Noel Fiessinger
38. Cutaneous small-vessel vasculitis, Anna Haemel, Lindy Fox, and M. Kari Connolly
39. IgA Vasculitis, Miguel A. Gonzalez-Gay, Ricardo Blanco, and Trinitario Pina
40. Cryoglobulinemic vasculitis, Massimo Galli, Salvatore Sollima, Francesco Saccardo, and Giuseppe Monti
41. Miscellaneous forms of vasculitis, Gim Gee Teng, Sumapa Chaiamnuay, and W. Winn Chatham
42. Experimental therapies for vasculitis, J Sebastian Unizony and John H. Stone

Part 6: Mimickers of Vasculitis
43. Antiphospholipid syndrome, David P. D'Cruz, Munther A. Khamashta, and Graham R. V. Hughes
44. Imitators of vasculitis, Sharon A. Chung and Kenneth E. Sack

Author

Gene V. Ball, Jane Knight Lowe Professor of Medicine Emeritus, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA,Barri J. Fessler, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA,S. Louis Bridges, Jr., Marguerite Jones Harbert-Gene V. Ball, MD Professor of Medicine; Professor of Microbiology; Director,, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA