Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Despite being separate entities, hypersensitivity vasculitis and Henoch-Schönlein purpura displayed similar ...

Also known as hypersensitivity vasculitis, leukocytoclastic vasculitis is a result of inflammation of small blood vessels. This inflammation occurs due to the deposition of nuclear debris from ...

Q: My father recently saw his doctor, complaining of fever, fatigue, joint pain and rashes. His doctor suspects vasculitis. What is vasculitis? How is it diagnosed and treated? A: Vasculitis is an ...

The woman had idiopathic leukocytoclastic vasculitis (LCV), a clinicopathologic entity affecting the small vessels of the skin. It is also known as “hypersensitivity vasculitis,” “allergic vasculitis, ...

Acute CV is a form of LCV because of the broken-up appearance of white blood cells under the microscope and is sometimes referred to as allergic or hypersensitivity vasculitis. Palpable purpura is the ...

My patient is a 45-year-old Middle Eastern man who presented with acute onset of lower-extremity (legs and buttocks), palpable, non-blanching purpura 1 day after he had taken several Tylenol and ...

DEAR DOCTOR K: My father recently saw his doctor, complaining of fever, fatigue, joint pain and rashes. His doctor suspects vasculitis. What is vasculitis? DEAR READER: Vasculitis is an inflammation ...

Leukocytoclastic vasculitis is characterized by inflammation directed at small blood vessels in the skin. The process is mediated by neutrophils. Histologically, leukocytoclasis (i.e., destruction of ...

Dear Dr. K: My father recently saw his doctor, complaining of fever, fatigue, joint pain and rashes. His doctor suspects vasculitis. What is vasculitis? How is it diagnosed and treated? Dear Reader: ...