musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders
Overview of Vasculitis
Symptoms and Signs of Vasculitis
Size of the affected vessels helps determine clinical presentation. Regardless of the size of the vessels involved, patients can present with symptoms and signs of systemic inflammation (eg, fever, night sweats, fatigue, anorexia, weight loss, arthralgias, arthritis). Some manifestations are life-threatening or organ-threatening and require immediate treatment: Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage None Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) None Acute Mesenteric Ischemia None Treatment None Small- and medium-sized vasculitides often manifest with skin lesions such as palpable purpura, urticaria, ulcers, livedo reticularis, and nodules. 