Vasculitis

Question 1

N. What’s the disease that is ass. With p.ANCA?

Answer 1

Vasculitis, microscopic polyangitis

Question 2

N. Name the disease that is ass. With c.ANCA ?

Answer 2

Vasculitis especially Wegener

Question 3

N. The most feared manifestation in Temporal arteritis ( giant cell arteritis ) is ……?

Answer 3

Blindness ( 2ry to central retinal artery occlusion )

Question 4

N. What are the risk factors for temporal arteritis?

Answer 4

Female > 50 years / Polymyalgia rheumatica

Question 5

Headache + scalp pain + temporal tenderness + jaw claudication + fever+ myalgia + arthralgia + wt loss and blindness . Are a clinical picture of what disease?

Answer 5

Temporal arteritis

Question 6

N. What’s the diagnostic test for temporal arteritis? What’s the treatment?

Answer 6

Temporal artery biopsy, high dose prednisone

Question 7

N. Wegener granulomatosis usually affects…….vessels.

Answer 7

Small Vessels in any organ

Question 8

N. Polyarthritis nodosa affect ……..& …….. vessels in any body part except………

Answer 8

Small and medium, except lung

Question 9

…….. is the treatment for all vasculitis diseases

Answer 9

Corticosteroids

Question 10

N. Circulating antibodies attack glomerular and alveolar basement membrane is seen in what disease?

Answer 10

Goodpasture’s syndrome ( anti GBM )

Question 11

N. Goodpasture’s syndrome presents with systemic symptoms. True or false?

Answer 11

False

Question 12

Q. Glucocorticoids is the treatment for all vasculitis diseases except…..?

Answer 12

Kawasaki disease