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Vasculitis
FA 276
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Graduate
06/17/2013

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Term
Temporal arteritis
Definition
unilateral headache, jaw claudication, opthalmic artery occlusion. polymyalgia rheumatica. focal granulomatous inflammation.
Term
Takayasu's arteritis
Definition
pulseless disease. granulomatous thickening of aortic arch and proximal vessels. weak arm pulses.
Term
polyarteritis nodosa
Definition
Hepatitis B. renal and visceral vessels. spares pulmonary. immune complex mediated (type III). transmural inflammation with fibrinoid necrosis.
Term
kawasaki disease
Definition
conjunctival injection. strawberry tongue. desquamating rash. coronary aneurysms. Tx: IVIG and aspirin
Term
buerger's (thromboangitis obliterans)
Definition
smokers. intermittent claudication, leads to gangrene and autoamputation of digits.
Term
microscopic polyangitis
Definition
p-ANCA. necrotizing vasculitis. no granulomas. glomerulonephritis. palpable purpura.
Term
Wegner's granulomatosis
Definition
upper respiratory tract problem. hemoptysis/cough. hematuria and RBC casts. necrotizing granulomas. c-ANCA.
Term
Churge-Strauss
Definition
asthma, sinusitis, peripheral neuropathy. p-ANCA. eosinophilia. elevated IgE.
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Henoch-Schonlein purpura
Definition
follows URI. palpable purpura. arthralgia. abdominal pain. IgA complex deposition.
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