Cutaneous small-vessel vasculitis
Cutaneous small-vessel vasculitis (also known as "Cutaneous leukocytoclastic angiitis", "Cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis", "Cutaneous necrotizing venulitis" and "Hypersensitivity angiitis")[1] is inflammation of small blood vessels (usually post-capillary venules in the dermis), characterized by palpable purpura.[2]: 831 [3] It is the most common vasculitis seen in clinical practice.
Leukocytoclasis refers to the damage caused by nuclear debris from infiltrating neutrophils in and around the vessels.[4]
Subtypes of small-vessel vasculitis include:[2]: 833–6
Leukocytoclastic vasculitis
See also
References
- ^ Rapini, Ronald P.; Bolognia, Jean L.; Jorizzo, Joseph L. (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set. St. Louis: Mosby. ISBN 1-4160-2999-0.
- ^ a b James, William D.; Berger, Timothy G.; et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.
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- ^ Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 18th edition. Page 2798.
- ^ J. C. Jennette; R. J. Falk; P. A. Bacon; et al. (January 2013). "2012 Revised International Chapel Hill Consensus Conference Nomenclature of Vasculitides". Arthritis & Rheumatism. 65 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1002/art.37715. PMID 23045170.
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