Vasculitis

Question 1

Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN) affects which size vessels?

Answer 1

Small and med

Question 2

Does PAN affect men or women more?

Answer 2

Men

Question 3

What are symptoms of PAn?

Answer 3

Patchy necrotising arteritis

Thrombose, infarction, aneurysms

Question 4

Which organs are affected by PAN?

Answer 4

Kidneys
Cerebral circulation
Cardiac tissue

Question 5

Which autoab present in PAN?

Answer 5

p ANCA

Question 6

Which autoabs present in all vasculitis?

Answer 6

p or c ANCA

Question 7

What is Churg Strauss associated with?

Answer 7

Asthma

ANCA

Question 8

How is Churg Strauss managed?

Answer 8

Steroids

Question 9

What is the most common vasculitis?

Answer 9

GCA

Question 10

Who stereotypically gets GCA?

Answer 10

Old women

Question 11

WHat is GCA associated with?

Answer 11

Polymyalgia rheumatica

Question 12

Which organs does Wegeners affect?

Answer 12

Lung and kidney

Question 13

Who stereotypically gets Wegeners?

Answer 13

Men in 50s

Question 14

What does Wegeners look like in the lungs?

Answer 14

TB

Nodular infiltrates and cavitation

Question 15

What are signs and symptoms of Wegeners?

Answer 15

Sinusitis
Ulcers of nasal tissue
Focal necortising glomerulonephritis which progresses to crescenteric glomerulonephritis
Skin rash
neuro changes

Question 16

Which virus is kawasaki’s associated with

Answer 16

Parvovirus B19 and Coronavirus

Question 17

Which arteries are affected in kawasakis?

Answer 17

Coronary arteries