Vasculitis

Question 1

Large vessel (2)

Answer 1

Temporal (giant cell) arteritis

Takayasu’s arteritis

Question 2

Medium vessel (3)

Answer 2

Polyarteritis nodosa
Kawasaki disease
Buerger’s disease

Question 3

Small vessel (4)

Answer 3

Microscopic polyangiitis
Wegener granulomatosis
Churg-Strauss syndrome
Henoch-Schonlein purpura

Question 4

Temporal (giant cell) arteritis (4)

Answer 4

Unilateral headache
jaw claudication
irreversible blindness
elevated ESR

Question 5

Takayasu’s arteritis (3)

Answer 5

Asian females
“pulseless disease”
elevated ESR

Question 6

Polyarteritis nodosa (4)

Answer 6

Hep B
NOT pulmonary aa.
immune complex mediated
lesions are of different ages

Question 7

Kawasaki disease (1)

Answer 7

Asian children <4yrs

Question 8

Buerger’s disease (thromboangiitis obliterans) (4)

Answer 8

Heavy smokers
males < 40
claudication
raynaud’s

Question 9

Microscopic polyangiitis (1)

Answer 9

p-ANCA

Question 10

Wegener granulomatosis (5)

Answer 10

Upper resp tract
lower resp tract
renal
triad
c-ANCA

Question 11

Churg-strauss syndrome (3)

Answer 11

asthma
eosinophilia
p-ANCA

Question 12

Henoch-schonlein purpura (4)

Answer 12

childhood
follows URIs
triad: 1.skin-palpable purpura on buttocks/egs, 2. arthralgia, 3. GI
IgA immune complexes