Vasculitis is inflammation of the blood vessels — the tubes that carry blood throughout your body. Inflammation happens when your immune system attacks healthy tissue by mistake. When blood vessels ...

Vasculitis is inflammation of the blood vessels — the tubes that carry blood throughout your body. Inflammation happens when your immune system attacks healthy tissue by mistake. When blood vessels ...

Urticarial vasculitis (UV) is a small vessel vasculitis presenting with urticarial-type lesions instead of the more typical palpable purpura (see Figure 2).

Vasculitis Caused By Lupus In these cases, the antigens causing the immune complexes are often not known. In some cases, the complexes contain DNA and anti-DNA antigens, or Ro (also called SS-A ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Hydralazine-induced autoimmune conditions may have a varied presentation, including drug-induced lupus or vasculitis, according to a speaker, here. Patients with nephritic ...

She reported proximal muscle aches in both arms and legs, a skin rash, and widespread joint pain. She had been diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) 2 weeks previously.

It is rare for a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) to present with cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis, but the authors of a new case report argue it is critically important that ...

MORE TIME TO TRAVEL A long day of walking in Orvieto leads to Golfers Vasculitis. It is also called Disney Rash and Exercise-Induced Vasculitis. MORE TIME TO TRAVEL - Explore new places and savor new ...

Lupus mesenteric vasculitis is the main cause of acute abdominal pain in patients with acute gastrointestinal manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus.

Jarrot PA, Chiche L, Hervier B, et al. Systemic lupus erythematosus and antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis overlap syndrome in patients with biopsy-proven glomerulonephritis.

Current treatments for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis include toxic immunosuppressive agents such as cyclophosphamide, and ...

Introduction Cutaneous vasculitis (CV) is a term used for inflammation of the blood vessels in the skin that occurs in up to 70% of patients with lupus erythematosus (LE). The inflammation affects ...