PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE ED - Hoffman, Gary S. AU - Sack, Kenneth E. TI - The difficulties of differentiating vasculitis from its mimics DP - 1998 Nov 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 550--552 VI - 65 IP - 10 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/65/10/550.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/65/10/550.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med1998 Nov 01; 65 AB - The signs and symptoms of vasculitis are not specific, and tests for con firming the diagnosis can be misleading. Thus, when con sidering a diagnosis of vasculitis, physicians need to keep an open mind. With a case vignette, the author illustrates some of the difficulties in diagnosing "vasculitis."