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Vasculitis - Break down based on vessel size 
Distribution of vessel involvement by large vessel vasculitis,
Vasculitis - Break ... by large vessel vasculitis ... medium vessel vasculitis ... and small vessel vasculitis ... antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody
ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
A group of necrotizing, small-vessel vasculitis without immune complex deposition. Complement levels are normal due
ANCA-Associated Vasculitis ... , small-vessel vasculitis ... associated with PR3+ antibody ... associated with MPO+ antibody ... ANCA #Associated #Vasculitis
Pathophysiology of Hypocomplementemic Urticarial Vasculitis

C1q/anti-C1q antibiody ->
Immune Complex Formation - Complement Pathway Activation (C3a and C5a)
Hypocomplementemic Urticarial Vasculitis ... C1q/anti-C1q antibiody ... Formation -> Vasculitis ... Hypocomplementemic #Urticarial #Vasculitis
Proposed treatment algorithm for antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis

#anca #vasculitis #treatment #algorithm #rheumatology #nephrology
antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody ... ANCA)-associated vasculitis ... #anca #vasculitis
ANA (Antinuclear Antibody) and ANCA (Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies)
 • Systemic lupus erythematosus
   1. Anti-dsDNA
ANA (Antinuclear Antibody ... anti-topoisomerase antibody ... ANCA-Associated Vasculitis ... Renal-limited vasculitis ... #Antinuclear #Antibody
Autoantibodies and their Disease Associations
ANA - Non-specific; common in SLE, autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid factor - RA
Anti-dsDNA
disease c-ANCA - Vasculitis ... granulomatosis p-ANCA - Vasculitis ... polyangiitis U1-RNP antibody ... disease Endomyseal antibody
Autoantibodies in Rheumatology
 • Lupus (SLE): ANA (anti-nuclear antibody), dsDNA (double-stranded DNA), Anti-Smith, Anti-Ro (SSA) and
(anti-nuclear antibody ... Antiphospholipid Antibody ... Polymerase Ill • ANCA Vasculitis
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
	•
Hypersensitivity vasculitis ... Antiphospholipid-antibody ... syndrome • Vasculitis
Cryoglobulinemia Summary

Cryoglobulins:
 • Cryoglobulins are Igs in the serum that precipitate in vitro at temperatures below
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody ... ) associated vasculitis ... • IgA vasculitis ... • Vasculitis ... #rheumatology #vasculitis
Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Medical Comorbidities Malignancies (most commonly hairy-cell leukemia)
Immunogenetic Predisposition: patient is
Viral antigen-antibody ... Signs #Symptoms #Vasculitis