rather than a complication of another disease It is often easier to discuss vasculitis in terms of which type blood vessels are involved (the small, medium or large vessels), rather than by the ...

Objectives: To develop European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) recommendations for the management of small and medium vessel vasculitis. Methods: An expert group (consisting of 10 rheumatologists, ...

This article covers the types, symptoms, causes, and treatments of vasculitis. Buerger’s disease affects the small and medium blood vessels in the arms and legs. The blood vessels swell and ...

In the posterior pole, the lobules are small and polygonal ... direct observation of ischemia or inflammation of the choroidal vessels is rarely possible in the acute stage.

is a rare inflammatory disease affecting both small and medium blood vessels. First identified in 1951 by Jacob Churg and Lotte Strauss, EGPA has three key phases in its development. The first is ...

This type of vasculitis affects the small vessels, such as capillaries, venules, and arterioles in any organ in the body; it’s commonly found in the skin, kidneys and nerves. Central Nervous ...

What we do know is that urticarial vasculitis exhibits histopathologic findings of leukocytoclastic vasculitis — a form of small vessel vasculitis triggered by the collection of immune complexes. This ...

Current treatments for vasculitis, such as glucocorticoids and alkylating agents, are associated with significant side effects. Furthermore, the management of both small and large vessel vasculitis is ...

aDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada bDivision of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick ...

It can damage small and medium-sized blood vessels. Doctors also call it Churg-Strauss vasculitis, eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), and allergic angiitis. The symptoms of EGPA ...

A CNS-tissue biopsy showing vasculitis can provide a definitive diagnosis. Small-vessel and medium-to-large-vessel inflammatory involvement characterize two subsets of primary CNS vasculitis with ...

Symptoms depend on which blood vessels are involved and how serious the damage is. If you have vasculitis, you may get: A rash of small red dots ... can be a sign of an allergic reaction to ...