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Pathophysiology of Hypocomplementemic Urticarial Vasculitis

C1q/anti-C1q antibiody ->
Immune Complex Formation - Complement Pathway Activation (C3a and C5a)
Pathophysiology ... Cytokines, Mast Cells ... Formation -> Vasculitis ... #HUV #Pathophysiology ... #Rheumatology
Petechiae/Purpura - Diagnostic Algorithm. Pathophysiology: 1) Represent the passage of erythrocytes from the intravascular to extravascular
Petechiae/Purpura - Diagnostic ... Pathophysiology: ... trauma, infection, vasculitis ... pulmonary #Diagnosis ... #Dermatology #Rash
Diagnosis and management of Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN)

Chapel Hill 2012 definition: 
Necrotizing vasculitis ofmedium or small arteries
Diagnosis and management ... Necrotizing vasculitis ... glomerulonephritis or vasculitis ... PolyarteritisNodosa #Rheumatology ... #Diagnosis #Management
Diagnosis and Management of Hypocomplementemic Urticarial Vasculitis (HUV)

Diagnosis of HUV
1) Chronic urticaria 
2) Leukocytoclastic vasculitis 
3)
Diagnosis and Management ... (HUV) Diagnosis ... Leukocytoclastic vasculitis ... #HUV #Diagnosis ... #Management #Rheumatology
Non-HCV infectious mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis - Diagnosis, causes and management - French Vasculitis Study Group

< 5%
- Diagnosis, causes ... and management ... Clinical manifestations ... #Rheumatology # ... #Management
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Pathogenesis and investigations
Risk Factors:
 - Unclear environmental triggers (may be viral, not
Anemia - Giant cells ... palpation - Vasculitic ... Temporal #Arteritis #Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #Signs ... #Symptoms #Vasculitis
Treatment of Non-hepatitis C virus Cryoglobulinemia Vasculitis - French Vasculitis Study Group

MONOCLONAL CRYOGLOBULINEMIA (TYPE 1) 
IgM
Cryoglobulinemia Vasculitis ... - French Vasculitis ... Target plasma cells ... Cryoglobulinemia #Vasculitis ... #Management #Rheumatology
Hypereosinophilia and Hypereosinophilic Syndrome

 • Secondary Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
 • Clinically Relevant HES Variants
 • When to
Hypereosinophilic Syndrome • Clinically ... disorders • Diagnosis ... Syndrome #HES #Hematology ... #eosinophils #diagnosis ... #management #algorithm
Dermatological semiology of Cutaneous Vasculitis 

Clinicopathologic correlations
 • Purpura, papules, pustules, necrosis: involvement of small vessels
semiology of Cutaneous Vasculitis ... • Drug-induced vasculitis ... #dermpath #dermatology ... signs #lesions #diagnosis ... #clinical #manifestations
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis 
Clinical 
 • Fever 
 • Chills 
 • Abdominal pain 
Diagnosis
Peritonitis Clinical ... Abdominal pain Diagnosis ... • PMN > 250 cells ... stain/culture Management ... #Hepatology