Vasculitis (Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America, Vol. 33, No. 4)

Hardcover, xiii + pages 691-882, NOT ex-library. A clean and bright book with unmarked text and firm binding, free of inscriptions and stamps. A bit of external handling wear. Issued without a dust jacket. -- Contents: Vasculitis: A Collection of Pearls and Myths (John H. Stone); Targeting B Lymphocytes as Therapy for ANCA-Associated Vasculitis (Jason M. Golbin and Ulrich Specks); Airway Involvement in Wegener’s Granulomatosis (Vlassis S. Polychronopoulos, Udaya B.S. Prakash, Jason M. Golbin, Eric S. Edell and Ulrich Specks); Takayasu Arteritis: What is the Long-Term Prognosis? (Kathleen Maksimowicz-McKinnon and Gary S. Hoffman); Pyoderma Gangrenosum: An Update (Jeffrey P. Callen and J. Mark Jackson); Retroperitoneal Fibrosis: Evolving Concepts (Augusto Vaglio, Alessandra Palmisano, Domenico Corradi, Carlo Salvarani and Carlo Buzio); Five Clinical Conundrums in the Management of Giant Cell Arteritis (Maria C. Cid, Ana Garcia-Martinez, Ester Lozano, Georgina Espigol-Frigole and Jose Hernandez-Rodriguez); Scleritis and Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis (Anat Galor and Jennifer E. Thorne); Cogan’s Syndrome: An Audiovestibular, Ocular, and Systemic Autoimmune Disease (Mehrdad Mazlumzadeh and Eric L. Matteson) -- "Although recent years have seen the beginning of evidence-based medicine for several forms of systemic vasculitis, much of the knowledge base related to these disorders remains rooted on Pearls and Myths - clinic nuggets of wisdom and common fallacies that are important to identify and understand in order to provide good care for patients. This issue collects a large number of Pearls and Myths. The rational management of vasculitis patients requires that rheumatologists collaborate closely with colleagues in other disciplines. The other articles in this volume reflect this fact abundantly: - Dr. Specks, a pulmonologist, serves as the senior author on two articles and has recruited colleagues in otolaryngology for the second of them. Understanding both of these articles will be essential to state-of-the-art management of Wegener's patients, both now and over the next decade. - Dr. Callen, who has long been one of the premier medical dermatologists in the field, serves as the senior author of the article on 'Pyoderma gangrenosum,' a clinical entity that poses a perpetual challenge for rheumatologists. The illustrations of pyoderma gangrenosum provided in this article are the best I have ever seen. - Dr. Cid is an internist whose career focus has been devoted to caring for patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) and to understanding this disease in the laboratory. She and her colleagues have written an insightful description of 'Five clinical conundrums' related to GCA. The article is earmarked by their expertise with this disorder. - Dr. Thorne, an ophthalmologist, comes from a long line of outstanding clinicians at Johns Hopkins who focus on ocular immunology. In this issue, she is the senior author on an article devoted to two potential ophthalmologic emergencies in rheumatology. In addition to these contributions from subspecialty colleagues, several leading clinicians and investigators in rheumatology have contributed to this issue. Dr. Hoffman is, in many ways, the father of clinical vasculitis investigation in the US. Dr. Matteson is a scholar of both vasculitis history and state-of-the-art vasculitis management. Finally, Dr. Salvarani and colleagues have written a magnificent article on 'Retroperitoneal fibrosis,' with a number of new thoughts on this perplexing illness. In addition to the depth of experience of their authors, the articles in this issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America are linked by one other major strength: color figures. For the first time, the Vasculitis issue is graced by color photography, which enhances substantially the learning to be derived from these pages." (from Preface by John H. Stone).…