Primary central nervous system vasculitis with intracranial aneurysm.

Background: Unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs) are rarely reported in primary central nervous system vasculitis (PCNSV). In this study we described the clinical findings, response to therapy, and outcomes of UIA in a large cohort of PCNSV patients.

Methods: We retrospectively studied 216 consecutive patients with PCNSV, selected by predetermined diagnostic criteria, who were seen during a 40-year period.

Unilateral Relapsing Primary CNS Vasculitis: Description of 3 Cases From a Single-Institutional Cohort of 216 Cases.

Objectives: To define the frequency and characteristics of patients with unilateral relapsing involvement in a cohort of patients with adult primary CNS vasculitis (PCNSV).

Methods: We retrospectively studied a cohort of 216 patients with PCNSV seen at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN from 1983 to 2022. Twenty-five patients (19.

Takayasu arteritis and large-vessel giant cell arteritis in Italian population. Comprehensive analysis from a single institutional cohort of 184 cases.

Objective: To compare clinical and imaging characteristics in patients with Takayasu arteritis (TAK) and large vessel-giant cell arteritis (LV-GCA) in an Italian population.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective monocenter study comparing characteristics and outcomes of a cohort of 59 patients with TAK and a cohort of 127 patients with LV-GCA diagnosed between 1996 and 2016. Most of them (92%) were followed up for at least 24 months at Reggio Emilia Hospital (Italy).