Background A 23-year-old white woman with a 3-year history of systemic lupus erythematosus and a 15-month history of lupus nephritis and retinal vasculitis was successfully treated with ...

Other connective tissue diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, thrombophlebitis, hypersensitivity vasculitis, livedo vasculopathy, and allergic granulomatosis are ...

Urticarial vasculitis is a rare form of vasculitis that manifests as recurrent wheal-like lesions lasting 24 hours or longer. 1,2 Close examination of the lesions reveals inflamed blood vessels as the ...

Autoimmune vasculitis is a group of conditions that cause blood vessel inflammation. Examples include Kawasaki disease and giant cell arteritis. They develop as a result of an overreaction of your ...

Livedo vasculopathy (LV) is an occlusive thrombotic disease (not a vasculitis) that primarily affects the small blood vessels of the lower extremities. LV may lead to recurrent, painful ...

Indeed, even if extrarespiratory relapses were mainly represented by aspecific inflammatory constitutional symptoms, 2/5 patients relapsed with frank cutaneous vasculitis (purpura, livedo racemosa).

Immunoglobin A (IgA) vasculitis (IgAV), formerly called the Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP), is a small vessel vasculitis, characterized by IgA1-dominant immune deposition at diseased vessel walls.

Medically reviewed by Leah Ansell, MD Mottled skin is a bluish-red, lacy or net-like appearance you see underneath the skin.