04.08 - Aneurysms, PVD (Nichols) Flashcards
Vasculitis Cause of AA
Giant Cell Arteritis
1/3 of PAN patients have what infection
Chronic Hep B
2 Age groups for Aortic Dissection
40-60 w antecedent HTN; younger pts with CT disorders
2 common features of Microscopic Poly
Necrotizing Glomerulonephritis and Pulmonary Capillaritis
2 Immune Axes in GCA
TH1: IL-12 - IFN-gamma; TH17: IL-1 - IL-23
2 most common pathogenic mechanisms of vasculitis
Immune-mediated inflammation, Direct Vascular Invasion by Infectious Pathogens
2 Most important causes of Aortic Aneurysms
Athersclerosis and HTN
2nd most commonly affected vessels in Takayasu
Pulmonary in 50% of cases
3 Major CV Sequelae of Kawasaki if untreated
Coronary Artery Aneurysms, MI, SCD
4 Top Presentations of Wegener’s
Bilateral Pneumoitis, Chronic Sinusitis, Mucosal ulcerations of Nasopharynx, Renal disease
A patient with AAA is at significantly increased risk for what other events
IHD and Stroke
Ab’s in PAN
Characteristically has none
Ab’s present in Wegener’s
PR3-ANCAs
Ab’s to Endothelial cells =
Kawasaki Disease
Abundant Basophilic Debris (Nuclear Dust) + Geographic Pattern Necrosis is called
Pathergic Necrosis
Acute Arterial Occlusion is often a __ emergency
Surgical
Acute Arterial Occlusion is usually due to thromboemboli from
Heart (mural > LA)
Affect of ANCA’s on neutrophils
Can directly activate them
Age group of Kawasaki
Usually self-limited illness of infancy and childhood
Age group of PAN
Young adults
ANCA titers generally mirror
Clinical severity
Aneurysms of what size are managed surgically
5cm or larger
Anti-myeloperoxidase =
p-ANCA
Anti-proteinase 3 =
C-ANCA
Antibodies usually associated with PAN
None
Arteries involved in Giant Cell Arteritis
Temporal and Ophthalmic, Thoracic Aorta
Atheroembolization is associated with
Peripheral Blood Eosinophilia
Bluish Myxoid Ground Substance =
Young
Buerger Disease is aka
Thromboangiitis Obliterans
Buerger disease occurs almost exclusively in
heavy tobacco smokers, usually develops before age 35
C-ANCA =
Anti-proteinase 3
Cause of ischemia in GCA
Nodular intimal thickening and occasional thromboses
Classic Clinical Symptom of Aortic Dissection
Sudden onset of excrutiating tearing or stabbing pain, usually beginning in the anterior chest, radiating to the back between the scapulae, and moving downward
Clinical course of PAN is typically
episodic (long symptom-free intervals)
Clinical Significance of Kawasaki
Involvement of Coronaries
Culprit immune cell in GCA
T Cell-mediated response against unknown vessel wall antigen
Cystic Medial Degeneration
Fibrosis, Inadequate ECM synthesis, Accumulation of Amorphous Proteoglycans
Decreased TIMP expression tips balance toward
Net ECM degradation
Demographic of Giant Cell Arteritis
Elderly white females of Northern European descent
Distinct type of AAA characterized by dense periaortic fibrosis containing abundant lymphoplasmacytic inflammation with mac’s and giant cells
Inflammatory AAA
Distinction between GCA and Takayasu is made largely on basis of
patient age (50 is cutoff)
Dx of Giant Cell Arteritis is based on
High ESR and + Bx
Ectasia vs Aneurysm
Ectasia is not discrete and localized
Exception of Vasculitis that also affects veins
G w P (Wegener’s)
Fever, Fatigue, Weight Loss, Pain in side of head, Ocular Symptoms
GCA
Fibrinoid Necrosis is most common in
PAN
Fibrosis, Inadequate ECM synthesis, Accumulation of Amorphous Proteoglycans
Cystic Medial Degeneration
Findings in Wegener’s
Triad: Granulomas, Vasculitis, Glomerulonephritis
G w/ P: Granulomatous vasculitis of both arteris and veins in lungs will cause
Areas of pathergic Necrosis –> Nodules –> Central Cavitation
G w/ P: Patient will likely have
Granulomatous Vasculitis and Glomerulonephritis
GCA is associated with what rheumatic disease
Polymyalgia Rheumatica
GCA takes the form of
Chronic, typically granulomatous, inflammation of large to small arteries (mainly head)
GCA: increased IFN-g correlates with production of
VEGF and PDGF –> Lumen stenosis
GCA: what induces mac’s to for multinucleated giant cells
IFN-gamma
GCA: what leads to lumen stenosis
IFN-g –> VEGF and PDGF
Granulomas, Vasculitis, Glomerulonephritis
Triad of Findings in Wegener’s
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis affects which primary 3 parts of body
(1) Lungs; (2) Kidney; (3) Nasopharynx
Granulomatous Vasculitis with Eosinophilia
Churg-Strauss
heavy tobacco smokers, usually develops before age 35
Buerger disease occurs almost exclusively in
IL-12 and IL-18 in GCA upregulate release of what from T cells
IFN-gamma; CCL19 and CCL21
In Marfarn, defective synthesis of Fibrillin leads to
abnormal sequestration of TGF-beta
In up to 30% of patients with PAN, vasculitis is attributable to
Immune complexes to Hep B
In whom is PAN most common
Middle-aged males