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Questions discussed in this category

What are the current treatment options for progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in patients without HIV/AIDS?
Are there any clinical trials underway to study additional therapies?
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Would you discontinue romosozumab in a patient who develops a hemorrhagic stroke while on therapy?
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How do you approach management of patients with lupus and transverse myelitis not responding to pulse dose steroids?
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What is your treatment approach to neurological Sjogrens disease with both peripheral neuropathy and transverse myelitis?
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How do you approach the workup of a patient with incidentally found pachymeningitis?
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How would you approach evaluation and treatment of a patient on pembrolizumab therapy who presents with symmetric, proximal, upper extremity and lower extremity painful weakness without an elevated CK?
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Do you always perform temporal artery biopsy in patients with positive inflammatory markers and high clinical suspicion of GCA?
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Is either ESR or CRP more sensitive or specific for the diagnosis of GCA?
Additionally, what is the current role for temporal artery ultrasound in workup for GCA?
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How do you treat post-IVIG headache that is not responsive to Tylenol or NSAIDs?
Specifically, how do you treat the delayed headache, not the headache that develops during the infusion where pre-hydration and slowing down the rate ...
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What is the utility in repeating a temporal ultrasound (US) in a previously US diagnosed positive GCA patient who has received treatment and is presenting with recurrent GCA symptoms?
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Do you treat HIV/AIDS-associated CNS vasculitis with antiretrovirals alone or in combination with steroids?
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Papers discussed in this category

Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism, 2012-06
Utility of erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein for the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis.
Arthritis Rheumatol, 2021 Jul 08
2021 American College of Rheumatology/Vasculitis Foundation Guideline for the Management of Giant Cell Arteritis and Takayasu Arteritis.
Ann Rheum Dis, 2019 Jul 03
2018 Update of the EULAR recommendations for the management of large vessel vasculitis.
Mayo Clin Proc,
My Treatment Approach to Giant Cell Arteritis.
Ann Rheum Dis, 2021 Jul 02
Ultrasound halo sign as a potential monitoring tool for patients with giant cell arteritis: a prospective analysis.

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