How would you approach new-onset large vessel vasculitis in a young patient with Crohn's disease?
Answer from: at Community Practice
Patients with Crohn's Disease (or IBD) can develop features of large vessel vasculitis or even other forms of vasculitis. The first consideration in a young patient would be determining the type of vasculitis--whether there is a distribution and clinical picture suggestive of TAK. It is important to...
An association between vasculitis and inflammatory bowel disease has been described for some time with major centers sensing the co-occurrence of vasculitis and inflammatory bowel disease is more frequent than should be the case by chance. Our group and others have reported on this for large- and sm...