Vasculitides Flashcards
Weak pulses in the upper extremities
Takayasu arteritis
Granulomas of lung, glomerulonephritis, c-ANCA positive
Granulomatosis with polyangitis
Necrotizing immune complex inflammation of visceral/renal vessels
Polyarteritis nodosa
2-year-old East Asian female
Kawasaki disease
20-year-old East Asian female
Takayasu arteritis
Young male smoker
Thromboangiitis obliterans
Young asthmatics
Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyarteritis
infants and young children, involves the coronary arteries
Kawasaki disease
Most common vasculitis
Giant cell arteritis (temporal arteritis)
Associated with Hep B infection
Polyarteritis nodosa
Occlusion of opthalmic artery can lead to blindness
Giant cell arteritis (temporal arteritis)
Perforation of nasal septum
Granulomatosis with polyangitis
Unilateral headache, jaw claudication
Giant cell arteritis (temporal)
c-ANCA positive
Granulomatosis with polyangitis
p-ANCA positive
Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with polyangitis (Churg-Strauss), microscopic polyangitis