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Vasculitis
Seth Mark Berney, MD Professor of Medicine Chief, Division of Rheumatology University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
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A 50 year old white male with a history of intravenous drug use (but none for 5 years), hepatitis B & hepatitis C presents with two months of subjective fever, two days of left upper quadrant abdominal pain, several weeks of numbness of his right thigh and dragging of his left foot and 10 pound unintentional weight loss.
History
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BP= 190/100, P= 100, T=101o F, RR= 18 Normal lung, heart and rectal/prostate exam
without masses Other abnormalities: Livedo reticularis of hands and thighs; RUQ slightly tender to palpation without rebound; Decreased sensation of his right thigh; Mild weakness on dorsiflexion of his left foot.
Physical exam
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Diabetes Endocarditis Malignancy with/without cryoglobulins SLE with APL Syphilis Vasculitis with mononeuritis multiplex Viral infection with/without cryoglobulins
(Hep B, Hep C, HIV)
Differential Diagnosis
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APL ab Blood cultures CBC with diff Chest radiograph Complete Metabolic Panel (CMP) (including
creatinine, blood sugar, liver enzymes) Cryoglobulins Echocardiogram ESR Hepatitis B and C viral load HIV RPR (Rapid Plasma Reagin) Stool hemoccult Urinalysis
Evaluation based on the differential diagnoses list
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Blood and urine culture- negative Chest radiograph- normal CBC: Hct= 32% ( 39-44 %)
WBC= 7.7 (3.2-9.8 x 109/L) Plts= 500 ( 160-350x109/L)
CMP normal except Creat= 2.4 (0.6-1.2 mg/dl) Cryoglobulins= negative Echocardiogram- normal ESR= 90 (<20mm/hr) Hepatitis viral load- hepatitis B virus is present
hep C is absent HIV= negative RPR= negative Stool hemoccult- negative for occult blood UA= 1+protein, 5-10 rbc, 0 wbc,1-2 granular casts
Labs results
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We suspect Vasculitis! The patient’s: new hypertension,
livido reticularis, abdominal pain, numbness, anemia, elevated creatinine and hematuria indicate the presence of a multisystem disease involving the kidney, skin, GI tract, peripheral nervous system.
Vasculitis is a heterogeneous group of conditions characterized by inflammation and necrosis of blood vessel walls (arteries and/or veins).
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Atrial myxoma Cholesterol emboli Diabetes Endocarditis Fibromuscular dysplasia Fungal infection Hepatitis C HIV Lymphatoid granulomatosis Malignancy Mycobacterial infection Sarcoidosis Syphilis
Vasculitis Mimics
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To distinguish it from a mimic, vasculitis is diagnosed either histopathologically or radiographically (catheter angiogram).
MRA and frequently CTA do not have the
spatial resolution for a definitive diagnosis of small vessel vasculitis.
Diagnosis
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Classification of Vasculitis
Medium Vessel vasculitis
Polyarteritis Nodosa Kawasaki’s disease
Small Vessel vasculitis
ANCA + Churg Strauss syndrome Granulomatosis with polyangiitis Microscopic polyangiitis
ANCA – Henoch Schonlein Purpura Cryoglobulinemic vasculitis Leukocytoclastic vasculitis
Large Vessel vasculitis
Takayasu’s arteritis Temporal arteritis
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Age: 40-60 years. Males and females equally involved. 25% of patients with PAN are (Hep BsAg+). Pathology: small - medium sized arteries
with neutrophilic infiltration/inflammation and fibrinoid necrosis of vessel wall.
Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN)
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Involves all organs and tissues (except the lungs). Skin- nodules, palpable purpura, ulcerations,etc. Heart- coronary arteritis can cause manifestations
including tachycardia, MI and CHF (with SOB). GI tract- (up to 50% pts)- pain, bleeding, perforation. Renal- vasculitis may cause renal dysfunction and/or
HTN. Nervous System- CNS and PNS (mononeuritis
multiplex). Testicles, liver, breast, eye, ovary, gallbladder can
also be involved.
Clinical Features
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Inflammatory labs: Normocytic normochromic anemia Elevated ESR Elevated platelet count + elevated globulin
Abnormal urinalysis 25% patients are hepatitis B sAg positive
(thus viremic). +ANCA
Laboratories
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Biopsy or angiogram (of any involved tissue) Biopsy should be guided by how accessible
the tissue is and easy the biopsy would be.
Angiogram is the diagnostic procedure of
choice, if it is easier and safer.
Diagnosis
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Depends on whether it is hepatitis B related: If Hep B negative - steroids and cytoxan
or If Hep B positive - steroids for ? 2 weeks followed
by plasmapheresis (qod for several weeks) then tapered and antiviral agents (lamivudine).
Prognosis:
5 year survival when treated= 60%
Treatment and Prognosis
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Annual incidence is 3 per million people. Patients of any age can be affected. Pathology: eosinophilic vasculitis. Presentation: Initially:
1. Increased allergic manifestations (esp asthma)
2. Eosinophilia (>10% WBC) Eventually:
Vasculitis typically develops as asthma/allergies improve- especially in sinopulmonary tree.
Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Churg Strauss syndrome)
(Allergic Granulomatosis/Angiitis)
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Manifestations: SinoPulmonary- allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, chest pain,
shortness of breath, asthma. Skin, PNS, and GI tract similar to PAN. Renal and Cardiac involvement less severe than PAN.
Labs: eosinophilia >10% WBC Sinus x-ray opacification Chest x-ray- fleeting patchy or nodular infiltrates Treatment: high dose steroids
Clinical Features
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Temporal arteritis (Cranial arteritis) is a chronic vasculitis of aorta and large branches (especially in cranium).
Takayasu’s arteritis (pulseless disease) is a
chronic vasculitis of aorta and large branches (especially outside cranium).
Histologically identical granulomatous vasculitis of
large/muscular arteries. Inflammation with fragmentation and disruption of the internal elastic lamina and multinucleated giant cells.
Large Vessel Arteritis (Giant cell arteritis)
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Patients > 50 years of age. Mean age is 70. Women >> men. 15-25/100,000. High prevalence in Scandinavian countries. Less common in blacks and hispanics.
Temporal Arteritis (TA)
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Signs of vascular insufficiency: jaw claudication, CNS ischemia (CVA), ischemic optic neuropathy scalp tenderness, etc.
Inflammatory labs with very high ESR Up to 50% of patients with TA have already
been diagnosed with PMR Giant cell arteritis may manifest as fever of
unknown origin or failure to thrive (weight loss and the dwindles).
Clinical Features
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Diagnosis: Temporal artery biopsy (bilateral biopsies increase diagnostic sensitivity)
Treatment: Prolonged high dose glucocorticoids
(> 2 years) or tocilizumab. Prognosis: The most significant morbidity is
associated with blindness and ?? CVA resulting from hypoperfusion of these tissues.
Many patients relapse.
Treatment and Prognosis
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Rare vasculitis of aorta and large branches that affects adolescent girls and young (< 40 year old) women (especially japanese).
Symptoms depend on what arteries are involved. For example: Aortic arch causes aortic insufficiency or affects branches Abdominal aorta causes claudication, HTN Common carotid artery causes strokes Renal artery causes HTN Subclavian artery causes arm claudication, pulseless arm Vertebral artery causes dizziness
Takayasu’s Arteritis
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Diagnosis: Conventional angiogram or MRI/MRA. Treatment:
If inflamed: Glucocorticoids. If not inflamed: Revascularization (either surgically or percutaneously).
Prognosis: >90% 5 year survival with treatment.
Diagnosis/Treatment/Prognosis
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Incidence= 8.5 cases per million people. Mean age at onset is 55 years and Whites comprise 90 % of cases. Necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis involving small
arteries/arterioles/venules with classic triad: Upper respiratory airway involvement Lower respiratory airway involvement Kidney involvement
Pathology: fibrinoid necrosis, granulomatous vasculitis and pauci-immune glomerulonephritis.
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Wegener’s Granulomatosis)
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Upper respiratory (sinus/nasal manifestations): Any sinus/nasal signs/Sx including: saddle nose deformity, erosive sinusitis and tracheal/laryngeal narrowing.
Lower respiratory (pulmonary manifestations): Any chest signs/Sx including: hemoptysis, cough, chest pain, shortness of breath abnormal CXR.
Renal symptoms (secondary to renal inflammation and ischemia).
Also affects Skin, PNS and CNS, and GI tract.
Clinical Features
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Inflammatory labs Abnormal urinalysis with:
hematuria/ proteinuria/ RBC casts (nephritic). Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA):
80% of patients have a cANCA. They may also have an anti-proteinase 3 ab.
Chest x-ray: nodules and cavitary lesions.
Diagnostic Studies
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Diagnosis: Open lung biopsy Biopsy of other tissues Angiogram
Treatment:
Steroids plus
Rituximab Cyclophosphamide Methotrexate (in absence of life threatening lung or kidney disease).
Diagnosis/Treatment
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Primary CNS Angiitis = Primary Angiitis of the CNS (PACNS)
Dfn: vasculitis that is confined only to the brain, meninges, or spinal cord.
PACNS subtypes:
1. Granulomatous angiitis 2. Atypical: Nongranulomatous angiitis Masslike angiitis Cerebral amyloid angiopathy
Epidemiology: Estimated incidence = 2.4/1 million/yr
Median age at onset- 50 years Male:Female = 2 : 1
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PACNS- granulomatous angiitis subtype Clinical: chronic headaches with both diffuse and
focal neurologic deficits but fever, fatigue and weight loss are usually not prominent.
Systemic inflammatory labs (elevated ESR or CRP, anemia of chronic disease, thrombocytosis) are usually absent. CSF indicates asceptic meningitis.
Imaging: Most common: infarcts (bi>unilateral), high-
intensity T2-weighted fluid attenuation inversion recovery (FLAIR) lesions on MRI in the subcortical white and deep gray matter.
Diagnosis: granulomatous angiitis on biopsy.
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Most frequent and heterogeneous subset of PACNS Masslike presentation is a rare manifestation of
PACNS occurring in less than 5% of the cases. Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) perivascular
inflammation referred to as amyloid-β–related angiitis (ABRA).
PACNS- Atypical PACNS subtype
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The diagnosis of PACNS is based on compatible clinical features together with evidence from spinal fluid, brain and vascular imaging, and often brain biopsy to confirm diagnosis and exclude mimics (especially if lymphocytic inflammation on biopsy).
When the diagnosis of PACNS is based on
angiographic findings, a thorough evaluation should be performed to rule out mimics, especially Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome (RCVS).
PACNS
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PACNS
Abnormalities on cerebral catheter angiogram are not specific for PACNS and can be seen in many other conditions.
RCVS syndrome is the most common mimic,
characterized by: thunderclap headaches, normal CSF, abnormal cerebral angiogram which resolves within 12 weeks.
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Differential Diagnosis for PACNS Hypercoagulable States Strokelike Syndromes Leukoencephalopathies Cerebral Hemorrhage Embolic Disease Sarcoid Infections (Bacterial, mycobacterial, fungal, viral, protozoal) Malignancy (lymphoma, glioma, metastasis) Vasospastic disorders (RCVS, drugs) Other vascular diseases (atherosclerosis, fibromuscular
dysplasia, moyamoya, dissection, postpartum CNS angiopathy)
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Treatment and Outcome PACNS Treatment:
Glucocorticoids Cyclophosphamide induction Azathioprine or mycophenolate maintenance
Outcome:
Estimated mortality rate of 10% to 17% at 1 year.
Up to 20% of patients are moderately severe to severely disabled (needs assistance to walk or care for own bodily needs or requires constant nursing care).