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Variable vessel vasculitis (VVV) is a kind of vasculitis that may impact vessels of all sizes (small, medium, and large) and any type (arteries, veins, and capillaries), with no particular type of vessel being predominantly affected. [33] This category includes Behcet's disease (BD) and Cogan's syndrome (CS). [8]
The disease spectrum varies from failure of multiple organs to involvement of a single organ. Almost any organ could be impacted; however, polyarteritis nodosa rarely affects the lungs for unknown reasons. [10] Kawasaki disease (KD) is a type of systemic vasculitis of medium-sized vessels with an acute onset that primarily affects young children.
This article provides a list of autoimmune diseases. These conditions, where the body's immune system mistakenly attacks its own cells, affect a range of organs and systems within the body. Each disorder is listed with the primary organ or body part that it affects and the associated autoantibodies that are typically found in people diagnosed ...
These vasculitis diseases typically affect a wide range of muscular arteries that supply organs, which gives the conditions a wide range of possible symptoms. The most common type of all vasculitides is Kawasaki disease, and we’ve got a separate video on Kawasaki disease, but for now it’s important to note that it affects the coronary ...
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It is an autoimmune disease and a form of vasculitis that affects small- and medium-sized vessels in many organs, but most commonly affects the upper respiratory tract, lungs, and kidneys. [6] The signs and symptoms of GPA are highly varied and reflect which organs are supplied by the affected blood vessels.
Cutaneous small-vessel vasculitis (CSVV) is inflammation of small blood vessels, usually accompanied by small lumps beneath the skin. [1]: 831 [2] The condition is also known as hypersensitivity vasculitis, cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis, hypersensitivity angiitis, cutaneous leukocytoclastic angiitis, cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis and cutaneous necrotizing venulitis, [3]
Cutaneous vasculitis is the most common type of vasulitis amongst those with systemic lupus erythematosus. [7] The clinical presentation is variable and can include superficial ulcerations, splinter hemorrhages, panniculitis, macules, erythema with necrosis or erythematous plaques, cutaneous infarction, livedo reticularis, bullous lesions of the extremities or urticaria lesions, papulonodular ...
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