Update on vasculitis: overview and relevant dermatological aspects for the clinical and histopathological diagnosis - Part II

Abstract

Vasculitis is a group of several clinical conditions in which the main histopathological finding is fibrinoid necrosis in the walls of blood vessels. This article assesses the main dermatological aspects relevant to the clinical and laboratory diagnosis of small- and medium-vessel cutaneous and systemic vasculitis syndromes. The most important aspects of treatment are also discussed.

Keywords: Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies; Churg-Strauss syndrome; Henoch-Schönlein purple; Leukocytoclastic cutaneous vasculitis; Systemic vasculitis; Vasculitis; Vasculitis associated with lupus of the central nervous system.