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11.10: Vasculitis Flashcards

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Types of immune mediated inflammation leading to vasculitis?

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  1. Immune complex associated
  2. ANCA: antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody
  3. Anti endothelial cell antibodies: direct vasc. attack
  4. Cell mediated immunity
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Broad categories that can cause vasculitis?

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  1. Immune mediated

2. Invasion by infectious pathogens

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Does vasculitis occur mainly in venous or arterial system?

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Arterial

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Layers of vessels from inside to out?

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  1. Intima
  2. Internal elastic lamina
  3. Media
  4. Adventitia
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How does vasculitis move in small vessels?

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From inside out

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How does vasculitis move in large vessels?

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Vaso vasorum in the adventitia can allows immune cells and pathogens to infiltrate
**Inside out in medium vessels as well

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Is vasculitis and inside out or outside in process? Which type of cells are responsible?

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  • Inside to outside: in small and medium vessels where most occurs
  • Normally mediated by neutrophils
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How are neutrophils involved?

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  • Neut is traveling in blood then adheres to vessel wall

- Something causes degranulation leading to inflammation

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Pathway in large vessels?

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  • Naive T Cells activate DCs in adventitia
  • Activation cause ROS = damage of media
  • Non scarring arteritis: window of opportunity?
  • Scarring and fibrosis break down elastic lamina and thicken Intima
  • Fibrosis = stenosis / ischemia
  • Breakdown of elastic lamina = aneurysm
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Difference between instigating cells in small and large vessels?

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Small: Neutrophils
Large: Macrophages

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Pathway in small vessel vasculitis?

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  • Inflammatory state is first step
  • Next several things could happen:
    a. IC attaches and irritates endothelium
    b. Anti neutrophil Ig could active neut
    c. Ig directly bind endothelium leading to neut attack
  • Neutrophils then degranulate causing inflammation
  • Small vessel comes apart leaking blood
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What happens to endothelial cell when activated?

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  • Procoagulant: express adhesion factors
  • Proinflammatory
  • Leads to turbulent flow
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What are features of all vasculitides?

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  1. Fever
  2. Fatigue
  3. Myalgia
  4. Weight loss
  5. Organ dysfunction
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What is CRP?

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  • Biomarker for inflammation

- Produced by liver

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What occurs when levels of fibrinogen rise?

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  • Sedimentation rate goes up
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What is leukocytoclasis?

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  • Neutrophils are exploding like kamikazes leaving nuclear debris in wake
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Characteristics of small vessel vasculitis?

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  1. Leukocytoclasis
  2. Fibrinoid necrosis
  3. Possible Immune complex deposition
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What is fibrinoid necrosis?

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  • Dead neutrophils with fibrin deposition
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Clinical signs of small vessel vasculitis?

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  1. Palpable purpura: bumpy and does not blanch
  2. Bleeding in small vessels of lungs
  3. Necrotizing glomerulonephritis
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What is special about purpura in vasculitis?

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  • It is bumpy from blood vessel inflammation causing them to pop up
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Features of medium vessel vasculitis?

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  • Muscular layer offers great protection from obliteration
    1. Fibrinoid necrosis with pleomorphic infiltrate
    2. Fibrinoid necrosis is focal and segmental: not entire circumference, skip along vessel
    3. Aneurysms from destruction of media
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Clinical findings in medium cell vasculitis?

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  1. Skin nodules in hands
  2. Livedo: Ringlike rash
  3. Ulcers instead of palpable purpura
  4. Abdominal pain
  5. Nerve infarcts: sensory and motor loss
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What causes large vessel vasculitis?

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  • Usually not neutrophilic like small and medium
  • Can be immune complex mediated
  • Usually innate cells such as macs and T cells
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Characteristics of large vessel vasculitis?

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  • Innate cell mediated
  • Outside in
  • Granulomas starting in adventitia usually present
  • Intima becomes hyperplastic leading to stenosis / occlusion
  • Neovascularization occurs to get some blood through
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When does fibrinoid necrosis occur?
- Small and medium vasculitis, note large
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Clinical findings in large vessel vasculitis?
1. Loss of vision or 2x vision 2. Claudication: cramps from low flow 3. Chest pain 4. Headaches and stroke symptoms
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Diagnostic considerations in vasculitis?
1. Vessel size based on presentation 2. ANCA association 3. Granulomas 4. Possible disease association
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Study performed with large vessel involvement?
- Angiography or MRA - ESR - CRP
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Study performed with small vessel involvement?
- CT Chest - Lung / kidney biopsy - Skin biopsy - Urinalysis
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What are two types of ANCA? How to tell which kind?
1. C-ANCA, "Cytoplasmic:" Elisa test positive for PR3 | 2. P-ANCA "Perinuclear:" Elisa test positive for MPO
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What is Elisa test positive for PR3 indicative of?
C-ANCA
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What is Elisa test positive for MPO indicative of?
P-ANCA
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Pathogenesis of ANCA?
- Infection creating proinflammatory state - Antibodies can be developed for neut granules - Antibodies will later stimulate neut w/o infection
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What can be used to treat ANCA?
Rituxan
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Why does knowing if there are granulomas help?
There are small amount of vasculitis that form them
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What are some non microbial antigens that can cause vasculitis?
1. Drugs 2. Allergens 3. Tumor antigens
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What can vasculitis be secondary to?
1. HIV 2. Lupus 3 Rheumatoid arthritis
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What is GCA?
"Giant Cell Arteritis" - > 50 yo, w/ 2/3 females - More common in scandinavians: whites - Less common in blacks, hispanics, asians - Large / medium vessels - Tender and tortuous temporal artery
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Where does GCA usually occur?
- Usually in external carotid and temporal: tender and tortuous - Can occur in ophthalmic c. off internal carotid - Does NOT involve cerebral arteries - Aorta
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Pathologic features of GCA?
1. Patchy and segmental 2. Granulomatous 3. Fragmented IEL: Aneurysm 4. Can be chronic
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Clinical features of GCA?
1. Headaches 2. Polymyalgia Rheumatic: stiff in morning 3. Scalp tenderness 4. TA pulse abnormality 5. Ocular disturbance 6. Claudication in extremities 7. Cardiac or neurologic symptoms
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Investigations for GCA?
1. Temporal artery biopsy 2. Test acute phase proteins 3. Vessel imaging for claudication
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Treatment for GCA?
Corticosteroids with SLOW taper
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Another name for pulseless disease?
Takayasu's ateritis
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Typical ptn. with pulseless disease?
Japanese female
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Vessel normally involved in Takayasu's arteritis?
- Aorta, arch, and branches - Pulmonary artery - Renal artery - Cerebral arteries with stroke * **Likes to stenose in branching areas
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Pathologic findings in Takayasu's?
* Very similar to GCA - Intense transmural scarring - Hyperplastic intima with neovascularization - Luminal narrowing
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3 phases of Takayasu's?
1. Inflammatory period: ever, pain etc 2. Vessel inflammation with pain and tenderness 3. Fibrotic state with stenosis and bruits
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Clinical features of Takayasu's?
1. Abnormal pulses 2. Unequal blood pressure 3. Bruits 4. Claudication 5. Ocular disturbance 6. Pulmonary / renal htn
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Key diagnostic test in Takayasu's?
- Imaging of aorta and all vessels
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What is most common cause of heart disease in kids?
Kawasaki's
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Pathologic characteristics of Kawasaki's?
1. Fibrinoid necrosis 2. IEL destruction 3. NO granulomas 4. Aneurysm or acute thrombosis
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When does kawasaki's need to be treated?
2 weeks after first fever
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Clinical features of Kawasaki's disease?
1. Fever 2. Polymorphous rash 3. Bilateral conjunctival w/o exudate 4. Strawberry mouth and tongue 5. Edema and erythema in extremities 6. Swollen glands 7. Coronary aneurysm
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Treatment of Kawasaki's disease?
- High dose aspirin | - IVIG: within first ten days of fever
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What is PAN?
"Polyarteritis Nodosa" - Small and medium muscular arteries - Can be caused by hep B / C
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What arteries does PAN prefer?
1. Renal 2. Coronary 3. Hepatic
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Pathologic features of PAN?
- Focal - Segmental - Transmural - Fibrinoid necrosis
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Clinical features of PAN?
- Organ infarct - Abdominal pain - Arthralgia - Neuropathy: asymmetrically additive - LUNGS ARE SPARED
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What is characteristic of PAN neuropathy?
Asymmetrically additive: "Mononeuritis multiplex" - Won't be entire hand or foot as in diabetes - Will just be individual parts
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What is Mononeuritis multiplex?
- Asymmetrically additive neuropathy seen in PAN
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Is PAN ANCA positive or negative?
Negative
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Tests for PAN?
- ANCA negative | - Angiogram with smooth stenosis followed by aneurysm
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How to treat PAN?
- Corticosteroids | - Plasma exchange if from Hep B
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What are the 3 ANCA associated vasculitis?
1. GPA: "Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis" 2. MPA: "Microscopic polyangiitis" 3. CS: Churg Strauss
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Symptoms of ANCAs?
- Palpable purpura - Renal / pulmonary syndrome - Impact small vessels
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What size vessels do ANCAs impact?
- Small and some medium | - Kidneys / lungs
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Pathologic features of ANCAs?
* **All are Pauci immune 1. GPA: - Leukocytoclastic fibrinoid necrosis - Granulomas in upper resp tract 2. MPA: "Microscopic polyangiitis - Leukocytoclastic fibrinoid necrosis - NO granulomas 3. CS: Churg Strauss - Leukocytoclastic fibrinoid necrosis - Granulomas - Peripheral and tissue eosinophelia
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Which ANCA shows no granuloma?
MPA
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Which ANCA shows peripheral and tissue eosinophilia?
CS
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What does pauci immune mean?
- Not much immune deposition | - Immunofluorescence is not positive
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Clinical features of GPA?
- Destruction of upper airway: SADDLE NOSE - Gingival hyperplasia - Subepiglottic stenosis - Eye issues - Necrotic pulmonary cavities - NCGN: Necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis
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Clinical features of MPA?
- Alveolar | - NCGN
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Clinical features of CS?
- Nasal polyps - Asthma / allergy - NCGN - Can progress to cardiomyopathy from eosinophilic cardia infiltrate
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Test indicating GPA?
- C ANCA and PR3 positive
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What is C ANCA and PR3 positive indicative of?
GPA
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Test indicating MPA?
- P ANCA and MPO positive
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What does P ANCA and MPO positive indicate?
MPA | - Lesser likelihood of CS
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What will ANCAs show on urine studies?
- Proteinuria - RBCs - Casts
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What test is expected positive in Immune complex mediated vasculitis?
- Immunofluorescence
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What is HSP?
"Henoch Schonlein Purpura" - Usually in children: adults too - More common in winter - 50% of time preceded by URI - Small vessels: IC mediated
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What are the immune complex mediated diseases?
1. SLE vasculitis 2. HSP 3. Cryoglobulin vasculitis 4. Goodpasture disease * *All occur in small vessels
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What is IgA and C3 on immunofluorescence characteristic of?
HSP
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How do you test for HSP?
1. IgA and C3 on neutrophils | 2. H and E shows neutrophils
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HSP clinical features?
1. Palpable purpura 2. Arthritis 3. Abdominal pain 4. Renal impairment
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What are the following characteristic of? 1. Palpable purpura 2. Arthritis 3. Abdominal pain 4. Renal impairment
HSP
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HSP treatment?
- Hydration | - NSAIDs if no renal involvement
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What is thromboangiitis obliterans?
- Seen in smokers
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What are corkscrew collaterals indicative of?
Thromboangiitis obliterans
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Treatment for thromboangiitis obliterans?
STOP SMOKING YOU IDIOT
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Vasculitis treatment?
1. Steroids 2. Chemo 3. Rituximab in B cell
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When would you see granulomas at IEL?
GCA
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When do you see leukocytoclastic vasculitis in glomerular capillaries?
ANCA associated / small vessel
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When do you see extensive hyperplastic intima with neovascularization?
Takayasu's
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When do you see focal vasculitis with transmural fibrinoid necrosis?
PAN
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What disease can cause aortic dissection?
GCA
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