Editing Vasculitis (section)

== '''Medium-vessel vasculitis''' ==

* Polyarteritis nodosa
** Pathophysiology
*** Necrotising vasculitis or small and medium arteries
*** Characterised by the absence of glomerulonephritis and absence of ANCA antibodies
*** Can be idiopathic or secondary to HBV infection or other viral infections
*** Also seen as a paraneoplastic manifestation of haematology malignancy
** Diagnosis
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** Presentation
*** Constitutional symptoms and organ dysfunction - see above
* '''Thromboangitis obliterans (Buerger disease)'''
** See separate topic)
* '''Kawasaki disease'''
** Acute vasculitis
** Typically seen in children
** Involvement of small/medium arteries, especially coronary arteries
** Main cause of death is MI
** Treat with high-dose aspirin and IVIg