ILOs
- Describe the vasculitides by vessel size and immune-pathology
- Understand the multisystem nature of vasculitis
- Outline the presentation and investigation of the more common vasculitides (GCA, ANCA-associated vasculitis)
- Outline the drugs used in the treatment of vasculitis and the implications of these
- What is vasculitis?
- How does vasculitis occur?
- Why is it important to talk about vasculitis?
- What are the different types of vasculitis?
Case 1
- Here’s how he presented…
- What we saw on examination…
- And, his blood tests…
- What was his diagnosis?
- Explain what giant cell arteritis is…
- What is the typical clinical presentation of giant cell arteritis?
- What are the complications of giant cell arteritis?
- How do we diagnose giant cell arteritis then?
- What is the gold standard way of diagnosing giant cell arteritis?