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Vasculitis

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Cutaneous small-vessel disease:

hypersensitivity vasculitis (often called "leukocytoclastic vasculitis")
mixed cryoglobulinemia
Henoch-Schonlein Purpura
acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy
urticarial vasculitis
septic vasculitis
reactive Hansens disease

 

“localized LCV”

EED
granuloma faciale

 

Medium vessel necrotizing vasculitis:

Polyarteritis Nodosa
benign cutaneous form
systemic form (including microscopic variant: microscopic polyangiitis)
Granulomatis Vasculitis
Limited Wegeners granulomatosis
Wegeners granulomatosis
Allergic granulomatosis (Churg-Strauss)

 

Large-vessel vasculitis: (not really a derm disease)

Giant-cell arteritis (granulomatous?)
Takayasus arteritis

 

 

“Lymphocytic vasculitis”:

perniosis (chillblains)
PLEVA

 

 

hmtoggle_plus1Clinical features by vessel size:

In general:

small-vessel disease (venules) à urticarial lesions and palpable purpura

 

small-artery disease à        nodules

 

medium-sized arteries à necrosis of major organs, livedo reticularis, purpura, and mononeuritis multiplex

 

large vessel disease à symptoms of claudication and necrosis