Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Observational
Official Title: Aortitis and Retroperitoneal Fibrosis: Evaluation of Diagnostic Criteria
Brief Summary:
Inflammatory aortitis probably represents a heterogeneous group, and the clinical experience accumulated over the last ten years, shared by the experts of the subject, is that the initial clinical, biological or radiological characteristics should make it possible to differentiate them and dismember the Nosological field.
This will be an essential first step before studying prognosis, risk factors, and therapeutic options.
The search for diagnostic criteria on a large series, similar to the study of classification of vascularites of the ACR in 1990, should make it possible to homogenize the diagnoses for the different teams working on the subject, and to begin work Collaborations, which alone can improve patient care in the future.