Vascular Pathology Flashcards
What is the innermost layer of the blood vessel?
tunica intima
What is the middle layer of the blood vessel?
tunica media
What is the outermost layer of the blood vessel?
tunica adventitia
What vessel(s) does large vessel vasculitis involve?
aorta and branches
What vessel(s) does medium vessel vasculitis involve?
muscular arteries
What vessel(s) does small vessel vasculitis involve?
arterioles/venules/capillaries
What are the two forms of Large Vessel Vasculitis?
Temporal Arteritis
Takayasu
What is another name for Temporal Arteritis?
Giant Cell Artiritis
What type of immune cell invades during temporal artiritis?
granuloma
Giant cell artiritis most often involves what artery?
branches of the carotid
What are the three presentations of Giant Cell Artiritis?
headache
visual disturbances
jaw claudication
What is the histological finding of Giant Cell Artiritis?
intimal fibrosis
What characteristic do the lesions ave during Temporal Artiritis? What does this mean?
segmental lesions
have to remove and examine long section of vessel
What is the Tx for Temporal Artiritis? What is the major risk in avoiding treatment?
corticosteoroids
blindness
Without treatment, temporal cell artiritis carries a high risk of what?
blindness
Takayasu Artiritis commonly involves what specifc point of the vessel?
aortic arch at branch points
What age and population is the classic presentation of Takayasu Artiritis?
young asian female
What are three major presenting symptoms of Takayasu Arteritis?
weak or absent pulse on upper extremity
What is the Tx for takayasu artiritis?
Corticosteroids
What are the three Medium vessel size vasculitis?
Polyartiritis Nodasa
Kawasaki Disease
Buerger Disease
What type of immune reaction takes place during Polyartiritis Nodosa?
Necrotizing
Which organ is spared during Polyarteritis Nodosa?
lungs
What marker is associated with Polyartiritis Nodsa?
serum HBsAg
What type of necrosis takes place during Polyarteritis Nodosa?
Fibrinoid
During Polyarteritis Nodosa forms after the fibrinoid necrosis heals? What is the sign for this?
fibrosis
String of Pearls
What two drugs are used to treat polyarteritis nodosa?
Corticosteroids and cyclophosphamide
What ethnicity is most often stricken with Kawasaki Disease?
Asian
What age is most often affected by Kawasaki Disease?
under age of 4
What are three the most obvious presentations of a child with Kawasaki Disease?
rash on palms and feet
conjuctivitis
enlarged cervical lymph nodes
What are the two risks involved with Kawasaki Disease if it effects the coronary arteries?
thrombosis with MI
Aneurysm with rupture
What are the two treatments of Kawasaki Disease?
Aspirin and IVIG
What type of inflammatory process takes place during Buerger Disease?
necrotizing
What body part is commonly affected during Buerger Syndrome?
fingers and toes
What disease is often also present during Buerger Syndrome?
Raynaud Phenomenom
What is the Tx for Buerger?
stop smoking
Wegener Granulomatosis often involves which three organs?
nasopharynx, lungs and kidneys
What age and sex is most often associated with Wegener Granulomatosis?
middle aged male
What nasal symptom does a person with Wegener Granulomatosis present with?
sinusitis or nasopharyngeal ulceration
What lung symptom does a person with Wegener Granulomatosis present with?
Hemoptysis
What renal symptom does a person with Wegener Granulomatosis present with?
necrotizing glomerulonephritis
Why does a patient with Wegener Granulomatosis present with Hematuria?
rapidly progressin glomerulonephritis
What vasculitis can present with serum c-ANCA? What is this used for?
Wegener
correlate disease activity
What is the treatment for Wegener Granulomatosis?
cyclophosphamide and steroids
What two organs are involved with Microscopic Polyangitis?
lungs and kidneys
Lack of what two symptoms separate Wegener Granulomatosis from Microscopic Polyangitis ?
nasopharyngeal involvement
no necrotizing granulomatous formation
What antibody is present during Microscopic Polyangitis ?
p-ANCA
What is the Tx for microscopic polyangitis?
cyclophosphamide and corticosteroids
What type of inflammation is present during Churg Strauss?
necrotizing, granulomatous
What is notable about the inflammation of Churg Strauss?
presence of eosinophils
What two organs are most effected by Churg-Strauss?
heart and lungs
What antibody is found during Churg-Strauss?
p-ANCA
What is the disease of Henoch-Schonlein Purpura?
vasculitis