Vasculitis Flashcards
What are classed as large vessel vasculitis’?
- GCA
- Takayasu arteritis
What are classed as medium vessel vasculitis’?
- Polyarteritis nodosa
- Kawasaki disease
What are classed as small vessel vasculitis’?
ANCA associated
- Granulomatosis with polyangiitis
- Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis
- Microscopic polyangiitis
Immune complex associated
- Anti GBM disease (goodpastures)
- IgA vasculitis (HSP)
What does giant cell arteritis most commonly affect?
Aorta and its major branches
- Commonly affects temporal artery
What is the epidemiology for giant cell arteritis?
- > 50yrs
- Female
- Northern Europe
What are the clinical features of giant cell arteritis?
- New onset headache
- Tenderness over temporal arteries/scalp
- Diminished temporal artery pulsations
- Jaw claudication
- Visual disturbances
What condition is associated with giant cell arteritis?
Polymyalgia Rheumatica
- Pain/stiffness and inflammation in muscles around shoulder and hip
What does Takayasu arteritis most commonly affect?
Aorta +/or its major branches
What is the epidemiology for Takayasu arteritis?
- <40yrs
- Women>Men
What are the clinical features of Takayasu arteritis?
- ‘Pulseless disease’
- Upper extremities claudication
- Different BP in upper extremities
- HTN
- Carotidynia
What are the possible complications of Takayasu arteritis?
- Stenosis
- Occlusion
- Aneurysm
How do you investigate Takayasu arteritis?
- Increased ESR and CRP
- Angiogram
How do you manage Takayasu arteritis?
Steroids
What is polyarteritis nodosa associated with?
Hepatitis B
What are the clinical features of polyarteritis nodosa?
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Mononeuritis multiplex
- Livedo reticularis
- Renal HTN
- GI pain
- Unilateral orchitis
- Cutaneous and subcutaneous nodules