title: Vasculitis in the geriatric population.
abstract: Vasculitis represents an uncommon but important group of disease entities that may affect older patients. The most common vasculitic disease in humans in giant cell arteritis, a disease process seen almost exclusively in patients older than 50 years in age. Vasculitic disease in geriatric patients presents unique challenges with regard to diagnosis and treatment. A thorough understanding of the vasculitic disease entities that may affect older patients as well as their diagnosis and management is essential in minimizing disease and treatment-related morbidity and mortality.
authors: Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, A50, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. langfoc@ccf.org
authors: Carol A
authors: CA
authors: Langford
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D015267:Churg-Strauss Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D015897:Comorbidity; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D014890:Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D011695:IgA Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000453:epidemiology; D011111:Polymyalgia Rheumatica / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D012008:Recurrence; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy