Different epidemiologic profiles of systemic vasculitis between Brazil and Peru-preliminary results in two referral centers from both countries.

Little is known about the epidemiology of systemic vasculitis in South American countries. The aim of this study is to compare the prevalence of systemic vasculitides in two vasculitis referral centers from Brazil and Peru. A cross-sectional study was performed and all patients above 18 years of age, with at least 6 months of follow-up and who met classification or diagnosis criteria for the most common forms of vasculitis, were included. A total of 562 patients with systemic vasculitis were analyzed, 345 (61.4%) from Brazil and 217 (38.6%) from Peru. The frequency of Behçet's disease (37.9% vs. 1.8%; p < 0.0001), Takayasu arteritis (TAK) (25.2% vs. 6.9%; p < 0.0001), and giant cell arteritis (9.8% vs. 0.9%; p < 0.0001) was higher in the Brazilian center than the Peruvian one. On the other hand, the frequency of microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) (67.3% vs. 2.8%; p < 0.0001) and renal-limited vasculitis (2.8% vs. 0.0%; p = 0.009) was higher in the Peruvian center. No differences were found concerning other forms of vasculitis. At diagnosis, Brazilian patients with TAK, granulomatosis with polyangiitis, and MPA were younger than Peruvian patients. Epidemiologic differences in the frequency of systemic vasculitis are observed between a vasculitis referral center from Brazil and another from Peru. Key Points • Significant differences are observed regarding the epidemiologic profile of systemic vasculitis between Brazil and Peru. • MPA is the predominant form of vasculitis in Peru while BD and TAK are the most frequent forms of vasculitis in Brazil. • The age at diagnosis of TAK, MPA, and GPA was lower in Brazilian patients than in Peruvian patients.

Vasculitis: report from Mexico.

Although primary systemic vasculitides (PSV) are infrequent diseases, basic and clinical research have increased the knowledge of these autoimmune conditions substantially. Some PSV seem to be more frequent in certain countries. Here we present a brief history of the modest, but important contributions made in Mexico in this area of research.

Revisión general de compromiso renal en enfermedades autoinmunes / General concepts on renal involvement in rheumatic autoinmune diseases

Las enfermedades autoinmunes reumatológicas son un diverso grupo de patologías, que tienen en un común una patogenia mediada por diversos elementos del sistema inmune. Las manifestaciones clínicas son muy polimorfas, pudiendo comprometer casi cualquier órgano de la economía. Los riñones no son ajenos a esta afección y en las enfermedades autoinmunes encontramos una gran gama de enfermedades renales que involucran a los glomérulos, los túbulos, los vasos, el tejido intersticial, etc. Se revisaran las manifestaciones clínicas y anatomapatologicas más comunes de algunas de las enfermedades autoimunes sistémicas. El tratamiento solo se esboza, ya que una discusión en detalles de este sobrepasa la intención de esta revisión.

The autoinmune diseases are a heterogenous group of disease with a common underlying pathogenic mediators, that is the immune system. The clinical manifestations are highly polymorphic as well as the kidney involvement. Almost any part of the kidney can be affected by this diseases: the glomerulous, tubules, interstitial tissue and vessels. Some of the clinical and pathological manifestation of disease will be reviewed in this article. Treatment is mention only briefly because a full discussion of it is over and above the aim of this article.