Chapter 11: Veins/Lymph, DVT, Vascular Tumors Flashcards
Which 3 types of vessels are most often affected by vasculitis?
- Arterioles
- Capillaries
- Venules
Why is distinguishing between infectious and immune-mediated causes of vasculitis important as far as tx goes?
- Immune-mediated can be treated w/ immunosuppressive therapy
- This tx would be counter-productive for infectious causes
How can a non-infectious vasculitis be indirectly triggered by an infection?
Generation of immune complexes or triggering cross-reactive immune response
Infectious causes of vasculitis do so through ________ invasion
Direct
Which non-infectious vasculitis is the only one to affect the aorta amongst other vessels?
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis
Which lesions are most common for Drug Hypersensitivity Vasculitis?
Skin lesions
Immune complex-associated vasculitis may be seen in which systemic immunologic disorder?
SLE
A pt >40 yo with history ± polymyalgia rheumatica is most likely to have what type of vasculitis?
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis
Immune complex vasculitis is due to the production of what?
What deposits in the vascular walls?
- Production of autoantibodies and formation of immune complexes
- Deposition of antigen-antibody complexes in vascular walls
Why is it important to consider Drug Hypersensitivity as a cause of vasculitis as far as treatment goes?
Stop drug –> resolution of vasculitis!
What are very useful diagnostic markers of non-infectious vasculitis and their titers mirror clinical severity?
ANCAs
MPO-ANCA’s are found in what 2 types of non-infectious vasculitis?
- Microscopic polyangiitis
- Churg-Strauss syndrome
ANCAs can directly activate which immune cells and cause the release of?
Neutrophils, stimulating release of ROS and proteolytic enzymes
Why are ANCA-associated vasculitides often described as “pauci-immune”?
ANCA Ab directed against cellular constituents and do NOT form circulating immune complexes
Giant cell arteritis stems from an immune response by which cells and causes inflammation of arteries where?
- T cell mediated (CD4+ > CD8+)
- Inflammation of arteries in the head, especially temporal a.
Which 2 types of antibodies are seen in 2/3 of pt’s with Giant Cell (temporal) Arteritis?
anti-endothelial cell and anti-SM cell
What do the classic lesions associated with Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis exhibit morphologically?
- Granulomatous inflammation w/ multinucleated giant cells
- Fragmentation of the elastic lamina and intimal thickening
What are the common signs/sx’s of Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis?
- Facial pain or HA, most intense along course of superficial temporal a.; painful to palpation***
- Diplopia or complete vision loss
Why is biopsy of at least a 1-cm segment required for diagnosis of Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis?
As it can be extremely PATCHY and FOCAL
Treatment for Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis?
Corticosteroidsoranti-TNF therapies
Granulomatous vasculitis of medium and large arteries characterized by ocular disturbances and marked weaking of the pulses and low BP in the UE’s is characteristic of?
Takayasu Arteritis (aka pulseless disease)
Takayasu arteritis has similar histological findings as those seen in giant cell arteritis, except involves which vessels?
Aortic arch (aortitis) and major branch vessels
Since many features of Takayasu arteritis are shared with Giant Cell arteritis, the distinction between the 2 is primarily made how?
- AGE of the pt
- Takayasu = younger (<50 yo)
- Giant cell = older (>50 yo)
Which vessels are the major ones affected in Takayasu Arteritis?
- Aortic arch and major branch vessels
- Pulmonary a. (1/2 of cases)
- Coronary and renal arteries
Major signs/sx’s associated with Takayasu Arteritis?
Sx’s associated w/ involvement of renal, pulmonary, and distal aorta?
- Reduced BP and pulses in carotids and UE’s
- Ocular disturbances + Neuro deficits
- If distal aorta involved –> claudication of legs
- Pulmonary a. involvement –> pulmonary HTN
- Renal a. involvement –> systemic HTN
In 1/3 of pt’s with polyarteritis nodosa the vasculitis is attributable to chronic infection by which virus?
Immune-complexes composed of what?
HBsAg and anti-HBsAg = Chronic HBV
List the 4 vessels most often involved in Polyarteritis Nodosa in descending order of frequency.
- Kidneys
- Heart
- Liver
- GI tract
Vessels of which organ are characteristically spared in Polyarteritis Nodosa?
Pulmonary
Lesions seen in Polyarteritis Nodosa involve which part of the vessel and have a predileciton for which areas?
Only part of the vessel circumference w/ predilection for branch points
Classic Polyarteritis Nodosa is characterized by what morphological pattern of inflammation?
Segmental TRANMURAL necrotizing inflammation of small- to medium-sized arteries
During acute phase of Polyarteritis Nodosa the transmural inflammation of arterial wall shows a mixed inflammatory infiltrate and is often accompanied by what type of necrosis?
Fibrinoid necrosis
Polyarteritis Nodosa is typically a disease affecting which age group?
Typical course of the disease?
- Primarily young adults, but can also affect geriatric and pediatric pts
- Course is remitting and episodic, with long sx-free intervals
What is a “classic” presentation (signs/sx’s) of Polyarteritis Nodosa?
- Rapidly accelerating HTN + abdominal pain + bloody stools
- Diffuse myalgias and peripheral neuritis
What type of treatment can yield remissions or cures in 90% of pt’s with Polyarteritis Nodosa?
Immunosuppression
Acute arteritis affecting large, medium, and small-sized vessels, seen in infants and small children (<4 yo) is characteristic of what disease?
Kawasaki disease
Clinical significance of Kawasaki Disease stems from its predilection for which artery?
Leading to what manifestations?
- Coronary a.
- Aneurysms —> thrombosis or rupture –> acute MI
Vascular damage in Kawasaki Disease is primarily mediated by which immune cells?
T cells and monocytes/macrophages
What is the morphology of the vasculitis seen in Kawasaki Disease; differs from PAN how?
Dense transmural inflammatory infiltrate w/ LESS prominent fibrinoid necrosis than in PAN
Kawasaki disease typically presents with what signs/sx’s?
*First Aid Mnemonic
*CRASH and burn
- Conjunctival injection
- Rash (polymorphous -> desquamating)
- Adenopathy (cervical LN enlargement = mucocutaneous LN syndrome)
- Strawberry tongue (erythema and blistering of oral mucosa)
- Hand-foot changes (edema and erythema)
- Burn = FEVER
If Kawaksaki Disease is recognized early in its course treatment with what will sharply reduce the risk of symptomatic coronary artery disease?
IV immunoglobulin and Aspirin
Microscopic polyangiitis generally affects which type of vessels?
Capillaries + small arterioles and venules
How do the age and distribution of the lesions seen in Microscopic Polyangiitis differ from PAN?
Tend to be of the same age and are distributed more widely
Microscopic polyangiitis affects vessels of many organ systems, but which 3 systems are most common?
- Renal (necrotizing glomerulonphritis)
- Lungs (pulmonary capillaritis)
- Skin (palpable purpura)
Hypersensitivity vasculitis or leukocytoclastic vasculitis are another name for what?
Microscopic Polyangiitis
Microscopic polyangiitis can be a feature of which 3 immune disorders?
- Henoch-Schonlein purpura
- Essential mixed cryoglobulinemia
- Vasculitis assoc. w/ CT disorders
Segmental fibrinoid necrosis of the media and focal transmural necrotizing lesions w/ ABSENCE of granulomatous inflammation is characteristic of what type of vasculitis?
Microscopic polyangiitis
Which immune cells are seen infiltrating in microscopic polyangiitis, many of which are undergoing apoptosis and giving rise to the term leukocytoclastic vasculitis?
Neutrophils
What are the major clinical features (signs/sx’s) seen with microscopic polyangiitis?
- Hemoptysis
- Hematuria and Proteinuria
- Bowel pain or bleeding
- Muscle pain or weakness
- Palpable cutaneous purpura
Churg-Strauss Syndrome is a vasculitis affecting which size vessels?
Classically associated with what systemic manifestations?
- Small-vessel necrotizing vasculitis
- ASTHMA, ALLERGIC rhinitis, lung infiltrates, peripheral HYPER-eosinophilia, and extravascular necrotizing granulomata
Churgg-Strauss syndrome may have inflammation that resembles PAN or microscopic polyangiitis with the addition of what 2 things?
Eosinophils and Granulomas = Granulomatous, necrotizing vasculitis w/ eosinophilia
What is the primary manifestation of Churg-Strauss Syndrome affecting the kidneys?
Focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis
What is the primary manifestation of Churg-Strauss Syndrome affecting the myocardium?
Clinically significant why?
- Cardiomyopathy w/ eosinophilic infiltrates
- Accounts for HALF the deaths in this syndrome
Cutanous involvement of Churg-Strauss Syndrome presents with what?
Palpable Purpura
Behcet Disease is a vasculitis of small-to medium-vessels what classically presents with what triad?
1) Recurrent oral apthous ulcers
2) Genital ulcers
3) Uvetis
Which HLA haplotype is associated with Behcet Disease?
HLA-B51