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Inflammation of blood vessels is
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vasculitis
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Immune complexes can clog up the blood vessel and cause
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vasculitis
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3 red flags for vasculitis are:
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palpable purpura, hemoptysis (from pulmonary hemorrhage), glomerulonephritis
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Temporal arteritis, which causes headaches is giant cell arteritis. It is in the ____ arteries
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cerebral
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polymyalgia rheumatica is another giant cell arteritis which causes ___ pain/stiffness/weakness
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axial
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Takayasu's arteritis occurs in the ____ and branchs of __
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aorta, aorta
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Treatment for Takayasu's arteritis is
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glucocorticoids or cytotoxic drugs
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Wegener's granulomatosis is in small to medium vessles and the granulomas destroy
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tissues (especially in lungs and kidneys)
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Churg-Strauss syndrome is associated with
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asthma and associated to eosinophilia/allergies
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Polyarteritis nodosa causes ____ lesions
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necrotic
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This is associated with Hep B
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polyareteritis nodosa
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Henoch-Schonlein pupura occurs in kids and you see
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a palpable purpuric rash and kidney problems
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Leukoclastic vasculitis is often ____
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drug-induced
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Diagnosis often depends on
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biopsy or angiography
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give steroids to a patient with
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vasculitis
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Anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome causes
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thrombosis
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Scleroderma is a subcutateous tissue problem where there is
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abnormal fibroblast activity with thickenening and fibrosis under the skin
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skin in Scleroderma looks like its been dipped in
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wax
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there is no inflammation in pt's with
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Scleroderma
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you can get pulmonary hypertension with
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Scleroderma
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A scleroderma face looks like a
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mask
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you will see acro-osteolysis on x-ray with pt's with
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Scleroderma
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The C in CREST is
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Cutaneous calcinosis in Scleroderma
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the R in CREST is
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Raynaud's in Scleroderma
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the E in CREST is
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Esophageal dysmotility in Scleroderma
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the S in CREST is
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Sclerodactyly in Scleroderma
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the T in CREST is
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Telangectasis on the hands and face in Scleroderma
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