Behçet's disease (BD) is an idiopathic, chronic, relapsing, multi-systemic vasculitis
characterized by recurrent oral and genital aphthous ulcers, ocular disease and skin lesions …

Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a common disease associated with a substantial medical and
financial burden, and with an incidence across Europe ranging from 4.6 to 100 per 100,000 …

Importance Oral glucocorticoid use has been suggested to cause acute pancreatitis in
several case reports. However, no epidemiological study has investigated this association …

Background: Behcet's disease (BD) is a complex inflammatory vascular disorder that follows
a relapsing-remitting course with diverse clinical manifestations. The prevalence of the …

Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is a systemic autoimmune disorder classified among
the anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) and …

ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) can present in an atypical manner and obscure the
clinical picture. We sought to characterize clinical characteristics and outcomes in these …

Acute pancreatitis or a pancreatic mass is a very rare initial presentation of Wegener's granu-
lomatosis. A 62-year-old woman presented with tumor-like pancreatitis and otitis media …

A pancreatic tumor was suspected on the abdominal ultrasound of a 72-year-old man.
Abdominal computed tomography showed pancreatic enlargement as well as a diffuse …

The vasculitides are a group of disorders that cause inflammation of blood vessels. They can
be classified according to the size of the arteries affected (small, medium, and large) …

Context Levamisole-contaminated cocaine is an increasingly reported cause of vasculitis
and immunologic abnormalities in cocaine abusers. The systemic effects of vasculitis are …