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A System for Vasculitides 

#Diagnosis #IM #Rheum #Vasculitis #Small #Medium #Large #Vessel #Size #Classification #ANCA #Differential
#Diagnosis #IM ... #Small #Medium ... Large #Vessel #Size ... #Classification ... #Differential #Algorithm
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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pulmonary and renal ... abnormalities SMALL ... Findings by Vessel Size ... against MPO • Complement ... #rheumatology #classification
IgA Vasculitis – Henoch Scholein Purpura: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 - Infectious Agents - 50% have
infiltrate the tissue site ... Activation of complement ... - Cutaneous small ... Intussusception - Renal ... nephritic syndrome, renal
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
anti-Smith Ab, low complements ... Skin Disease Classification ... inflammation of the small ... APLA/LAC: • Renal ... RNP antibodies, Complement
Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance (MGRS)

MGRS
• MGRS refers to kidney disease caused by nephrotoxic monoclonal immunoglobulins
Gammopathy of Renal ... Immunofixation (SIFE ... guide subtype classification ... tubulopathy) - Complement ... formation causing vasculitis