Vasculitis Flashcards
Associated with polymyalgia rheumatica
temporal arteritis
First test for temporal arteritis
ESR
Definitive test for temporal arteritis
Temporal artery bx
Treatment for temporal arteritis
high dose prednisone (don’t wait for bx to come back, if esr is high begin tx)
takayasu arteritis affects which vessel
arch of aorta (lots of A’s in name)
young asian women
takayasu
poor pulses in UE
takayasu
Diagnostic criteria for kawasaki dz
Fever for at least 5 days + 4/5:
- conjunctivitis (bilateral, painless, no exudate)
- Rash (trunk)
- adenopathy (cervical)
- strawberry tongue (and erythema of mucous membranes)
- Hands and feet ( edema, erythema, desquamation)
CRASH and Burn
young asian kid
kawasaki
what test are you going to order after treating a kid with kawasaki dz
echo (coronary artery aneurysms)
how do you tx kawasaki dz
IVIG and high dose aspirin (asa in name)
affects kidneys and gi tract (spares lungs)
polyarteritis nodosa
associated with hep c and b
polyarteritis nodosa
anca negative
polyarteritis nodosa
young male smokers
thromboangiitis obliterans (buerger dz)
tx buerger dz
stop smoking
sx of buerger dz
ischemia of digits, raynaud’s phenomenon
children with recent URI and palpable purpura
henoch-schonlein purpura
palpable purpura of LE, ab pain, renal dz, arthritis, arthralgia
henoch-schonlein purpura
polyclonal IgG and IgM antibodies
mixed cryoglobulinemia syndrome
associated with hep c
mixed cryoglobulinemia
melzer’s triad (what is it and what’s it associated w/)
palpable purpura, weakness, athralgias ( mixed cryoglobulinemia)
lungs, upper airway, kidneys
granulomatosis w/ polyangiitis (wegners)
c-anca +
granulomatosis w/ polyangitis
associated w/ asthma
eosinophilic granulomatosis w/ polyangiitis
lung dz, upper airway dz, asthma
eosinophilicc granulomatosis w/ polyangiitis
p-anca +
eosinophilic granulomatosis w/ polyangiitis
