Lec 11-12 Vasculitis Flashcards

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What are clinical feat of small vessel vasculitis?

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skin lesions universal

limited internal organ involvement

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What are clinical feat of medium vessel vasculitis?

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  • skin lesions less prominent

- varied but marked internal organ involvement

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What are clinical feat of large vessel vasculitis?

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minimal skin disease

prominent symptoms related to ischemia/ organ infarct

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What is hypersensitivity vasculitis?

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serum sickness
can be drug induced by penicillin, sulfa

have low grade fever , polyarthralgias/arthritis, maculopapular purpuric rash

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What do you see in hep C vasculitis? 2 signs?

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dependent palpable purpura
peripheral neuropathy
membranoporliferative glomerulonephritis

serum cryoglobulins + RF

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What is henoch-schonlein purpura?

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self limited small vessel vasculitis in kids; follows URI

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What is classic triad of henoch shonlein purpura?

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  • palpable purpura on buttocks/legs
  • srthralgias
  • GI –> ab pain, melena
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What do you see when you biopsy the purpura of HSP?

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IgA complex deposition = have IgA + C3 in vessel wall

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What is bechet’s syndrome?

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syndrome of recurrent mucosal ulcers in mouth and genitals

have uveitis, arthritis, cutaneous vasculitis

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10
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What is treatment for bechet?

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colchicine

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What is relapsing polychondritis?

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episodic cartilaginous inflammation of both auricles; polyarthritis; saddle nose; malar rash

associates w/ SLE, IBD

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WHat is treatment of small vessel vasculitis?

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eradicate the antigen; NSAIDS; steroids; immunosuppression

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What are three causes of infections medium vessel vasculitis?

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Hep B
Hep C
HIV

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What is buerger’s disease?

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medium vessel vasculitis

heavy smoking –> intermittent claudication of extremity vessels

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Who gets buerger disease?

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male heavy smokers < 40

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WHat is pathology of buergers?

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PMN infiltration of vessel wall w/ thrombosis, intact elastic lamina

17
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What is pathology of polyarteritis nodosa?

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  • associated with Hep B
  • focal lesions at bifurcations esp renal arteries
  • lungs spared
  • fibrinoid necrosis
  • non granulomatous
18
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What is treatment for PAN?

A

corticosteroids

cyclophosphamide

19
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What is microscopic polyangiitis?

A

small vessel necrotizing vasculitis involving lungs, kidney, skin, pauci-immune glomerulonephritis

20
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What type of ANCA associated with microscopic polyangiitis?

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MPO-ANCA/p-anca = anti-myeloperoxidase

21
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What is treatment for microscopic polyangiitis?

A

cyclophosphamide

corticosteroids

22
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What is triad of wegeners?

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  • focal necrotizing vasculitis
  • necrotizing granulomas in lung and upper airway
  • necrotizing glomerulonephritis
23
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What parts of body involved in wegener’s?

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  • upper respiratory tract [differs from microscopic polyangiitis]
  • lower respirator tract
  • renal
24
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What are symptoms of churg strauss?

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asthma, sinusitis, palpable purpura, peripheral neuropathy

can also involve heart, GI, kidneys [pauci-imune glomerulonephritis]

eosinophilia

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What type of ANCA associated with churg strauss?

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MPO-ANCA/p-ANCA

26
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What is treatment for churg strauss and wegener?

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cyclophospamide, corticosteroids

27
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What is takayasu arteritis?

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pulseless disease = genulomatous thickening and narrowing of aoritc arch
high ESR
etiology unknown

28
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What is treatment for takayasu?

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corticosteroids

29
Q

Who gets giant cell arteritis?

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age > 50; females

30
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Who gets takayasu arteritis?

A

asian females

< 40 yo

31
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What are signs of giant cell arteritis?

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  • unilateral headache
    jaw claudication
    can lead to irreversible blindness
    increased ESR
32
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What are some things that mimic vasculitis?

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  • antiphospholipid syndrome
  • scleroderma
  • coumadin necrosis
  • scurvy
  • TTP