2nd PReS Vasculitis Course (Advanced PRA Course) Neuro-Ophthalmic Clues Across Pediatric Vasculitides

Neuro-ophthalmologic involvement represents a major driver of morbidity and potential long-term disability in children with vasculitides. Clinical presentations are heterogeneous and often overlap with infectious, vascular, and non-inflammatory mimickers, making early diagnosis and timely management particularly challenging. Effective care requires a multidisciplinary approach integrating pediatric rheumatology, neurology, neuroradiology, ophthalmology, and pathology.

Advanced diagnostic tools, such as vessel-wall MRI and modern neuroimaging strategies, ocular imaging (including optical coherence tomography and ultrasound), and targeted histopathology, are increasingly available but remain variably applied in routine clinical practice. There is a clear educational need to support clinicians in integrating multidisciplinary expertise with these tools, embedding them into structured diagnostic pathways and evidence-based management strategies.

Why this course is unique

Unlike disease-specific or regionally focused workshops, this course offers a cross-vasculitis, neuro-ophthalmology–driven framework that integrates:

1. Clinical red flags and diagnostic reasoning

2. Hands-on interpretation of imaging and pathology

3. Practical management and communication skills, including role-play exercises

The course is designed as an Advanced PRA activity, with strong interactive components, under the scientific governance of the PReS Vasculitis Working Party.

Prof.ssa Giani Teresa 

President of the Meeting