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BL 3-11-14 8-9AM VASCULITIS-Janson_Hirsh Flashcards

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Vasculitis

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= a heterogeneous group of clinical disorders characterized by inflammation of blood vessels

  • inflammation may involve arteries of any size
  • -> spectrum of clinical & pathologic features
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Terminology/Classification of Vasculitis

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Can be based on:

  • size of vessel involved (Chapel Hill Classification)
  • type of pathologic change in vessel wall
  • clinical presentation

May be…

  • Primary
  • Secondary
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Vasculitis may be secondary to…

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  • infectious disorders like Hep B/C & endocarditis
  • drug hypersensitivity
  • CT diseases (RA, SLE, Sjögren’s)
  • Cryoglobulins
  • Malignancies
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Large-vessel vasculitis - Types

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Giant cell arteritis

Takayasu’s arteritis

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Giant cell arteritis - Location

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Inflammation usually in …

  • temporal arteries
  • vessels originating from aortic arch
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Giant cell arteritis - symptoms/manifestations

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  • temporal headache
  • jaw claudication
  • scalp tenderness
  • visual loss
  • giant cell arteritis w/ disruption of internal elastic lamina
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Takayasu’s arteritis - Location

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Inflammation usually in:

  • aortic arch & its branches
  • any part of the aorta
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Takayasu’s arteritis - Symptoms / Manifestations

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  • claudication of upper > lower extremities
  • CNS events
  • granulomatous panarteritis
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Medium-vessel vasculitis - Types

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Polyarteritis nodosa

Kawasaki’s disease

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Polyarteritis nodosa - location (vessels & organs)

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  • small & medium-sized arteries

- may affect any organ, but skin, joints, peripheral nerves, gut, & kidney are most commonly involved

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Polyarteritis nodosa - manifestation

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  • focal but panmural necrotizing arteritis

- predilection for involvement at vessel bifurcation

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Kawasaki’s disease - location (vessels) & usual age group & cause

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  • small and medium-sized arteries
  • acute febrile illness primarily affecting infants & young children
  • probable infectious vector resulting in cytokine-mediated endothelial damage
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Kawasaki’s disease

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Fever
Prominent mucocutaneous changes
Cervical lymphadenopathy
Polymorphous rash
Erythema & Edema of hands & feet
Desquamation
Myocarditis
Coronary vasculitis
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Small-vessel vasculitis - two big groups

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  1. Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) positive vasculitides:
  2. Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) negative vasculitides
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Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) positive vasculitides:

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  • small cell vasculitis

Types:

  • Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener’s) (GPA)
  • Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Churg-Strauss)
  • Microscopic polyangiitis (MPA)
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Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) negative vasculitides

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  • small cell vasculitis

Types:

  • Henoch-Schönlein Purpura (HSP)
  • Essential cryoglobulinemic vasculitis
  • Cutaneous leukocytoclastic angiitis
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Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener’s)

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= pauci-immune, necrotizing, granulomatous arteritis usually associated w/ serum cytoplasmic-ANCA (c-ANCA +)

  • small & medium-sized arteries
  • URI (sinuses), lungs, & kidneys (+other organs)
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Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Churg-Strauss)

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  • necrotizing extravascular granulomas & vasculitis of small arteries/venules
  • associated with +ANCA
  • asthma
  • eosinophilia (present at early stage)
  • multiorgan involvement (lungs, skin, peripheral nerves, gut, heart, renal (rare))
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Microscopic polyangiitis (MPA)

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  • pauci-immune, necrotizing vasculitis, serum perinuclear-ANCA (p-ANCA) + common
  • arterioles, capillaries, & venules
  • –> pulmonary hemorrhage
  • –> glomerulonephritis
  • –> palpable purpura
  • –> peripheral neuropathy
  • –> joint & abdominal pain
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Henoch-Schönlein Purpura (HSP)

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Leukocytoclastic (neutrophilic perivascular / transmural infiltrate)
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Necrotizing vasculitis

  • often w/ IgA deposition
  • ANCA NEGATIVE vasculitides of small vessels
  • -> palpable purpuric skin lesions lower extremities
  • -> arthritis
  • -> abdominal pain
  • -> hematuria
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Essential cryoglobulinemic vasculitis

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  • a small-vessel vasculitis
    Cryoglobulins = Igs reversibly precipitated by reduced temperatures
    —> deposited in small vessels including glomerulocapillaries
    —> stimulate complement activation & cellular inflammatory response
  • -> purpura
  • -> arthralgias
  • -> weakness
  • -> peripheral neuropathy
  • -> Raynaud’s phenomenon
  • -> glomerulonephritis
  • -> pulmonary hemorrhage possible
  • Often rheumatoid factor & HepC Ab +
  • ANCA negative
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Cutaneous leukocytoclastic angiitis

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  • ANCA negative vasculitides (small-vessel)
  • arterioles & venules
  • -> palpable purpuric skin lesions
  • -> arthralgias
  • -> systemic symptoms may be present, usually secondary to immune response [drugs, bugs, CT disease, malignancy
  • -> leukocytoclastic vasculitis
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Signs/Symptoms of Vasculitis

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Found, to some extent, in all systemic vasculitides

  • skin lesions
  • constitutional symptoms (fever, anorexia, weight loss, weakness, fatigue)
  • MSK symptoms (arthralgias, arthritis, myalgias, peripheral neuropathy)
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Laboratory features of Vasculitis

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Reflect systemic inflammation.

  • Anemia of inflammatory disease
  • Thrombocytosis
  • Low albumin
  • Elevated ESR & CRP
  • Polyclonal gammopathy
  • Possibly elevated liver enzyme tests, low complement levels, cryoglobulins
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Diagnosis of Vasculitis
Hx & PE to determine extent of organ involvement Serum autoAbs (RF, ANA, ANCA) Biopsy of affected organ If biopsy inaccessible, angiogram to show: - segments of smooth arterial stenosis alternating w/ areas of normal or dilated artery - tapered occlusions - thrombosis
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Vasculitis - Incidence
Rare group of disorders Mean age of onset in 5th decade - but, can occur at extremes of age About equal in sex distribution - except for female predominance in Takayasu’s & giant cell arteritis
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Vasculitis - Ethnic associations
Can occur in any population Higher incidence of Takayasu’s arteritis in Japanese & Asian populations Higher incidence of giant cell arteritis in populations of N. European background & in northern latitudes
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Amount of vessel involvement in vasculitis
Considerable overlap exists in patterns of pathologic involvement in vasculitic syndromes. - Tend to be both focal & segmental lesions - Entire circumference of vessel may not be involved
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Pathology of Large & Medium vessel vasculitis (cell infiltrate, effects on vessels etc.)
Typically panarteritis Infiltration through vessel wall, to varying degrees, of: - lymphocytes - monocytes - histiocytes - eosinophils - -> Can be associated w/ granuloma or giant cell formation in some disorders - -> Disruption of elastic lamina: intimal thickening results in narrowing/obliteration of vessel lumen
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Pathology of Small vessel vasculitis
"Leukocytoclastic" vasculitis = necrotizing vasculitis w/ PMN-derived nuclear debris that often accompanies neutrophilic perivascular infiltration of vessel wall --> typically fibrinoid necrosis of vessel wall w/ transmural inflammatory rxn Often find Immunoglobulin (IgM, IgA in HSP) & Complement (C3) vascular deposition in vasculitic lesions
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Suspected Pathophysiologic Mechanisms for Vasculitis
1. Immune Complexes (IC) 2. Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies (ANCA) 3. Antiendothelial Antibodies 4. T cell-dependent Mediated Endothelial Cell Injury 5. Infection of Endothelial Cells
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Immune Complexes in Vasculitis
Several pieces of evidence suggest IC's as able to instigate vasculitis: Human serum sickness from horse Ig (anti-venoms) Hepatitis B surface antigen & IgM in arterial wall of pt w/ polyarteritis nodosa Animal models of serum sickness - PAF & other vasoactive mediators released in inflammatory/cytokine response probably induce vascular permeability - -> deposition of circulating IC at vascular endothelium, activation of complement, attraction of PMNs May be involved in hypersensitivity vasculitis, HSP, cryoglobulinemia, & Hep B–associated vasculitis
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Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies (ANCA) in Vasculitis - Staining
= Abs to Ags found in cytoplasm of neutrophils Cytoplasmic staining (c-ANCA) - in granulomatosis w/ polyangiitis - binds to proteinase 3 (PR3) found in primary granules of PMN Perinuclear staining (p-ANCA) - in microscopic polyangiitis - binds to myeloperoxidase (MPO), another primary granule constituent which migrates to perinuclear area w/ alcohol fixation of PMNs
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Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies (ANCA) in Vasculitis - Mechanism
Inflammatory cytokines activate PMNs to release & express PR3 & MPO on cell surface Binding of ANCA to neutrophil cell surface leads to further neutrophil activation & possibly enhanced binding to vascular endothelial cells ---> resultant vascular damage PR3 & MPO also found on surface of activated endothelial cells. ANCA may not be essential for initiating vasculitis, but may amplify inflammatory vascular response
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Antiendothelial antibodies in Vasculitis
= demonstrated in several autoimmune & vasculitic diseases - In vitro, can damage endothelial cells by both antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) & complement activation mechanisms. These Abs directed toward structures on surface of endothelial cells not found in all vasculitic syndromes :(
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T Cell Dependent Mediated Endothelial Cell Injury in Vasculitis
-T-cell responses in initiation & perpetuation of vascular injury have been suggested in Takayasu’s, granulomatosis w/ polyangiitis, & giant cell arteritis. Giant cell arteritis: - over-representation of HLA-DR4 haplotype = sequence polymorphism w/in hypervariable region 2 of HLA-DRB1 gene (probable Ag-binding element of HLA-DR molecule) ---> suggests Ag-driven vascular inflammation This polymorphism is not shared by patients w/ rheumatoid arthritis.
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Infection of Endothelial Cells in Vasculitis
- Many infectious agents can infect endothelial cells Infected endothelial cells: - promote binding of IC & PMNs to endothelium - express MHC class II genes - enhance local lymphocyte proliferation - release stimulatory & proliferative cytokines These changes may promote vascular inflammatory response & initiate T cell proliferative response
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Treatment as Relates to Pathophysiology of Vasculitis
Treat / remove inciting agent or Ag : - drugs - infections – endocarditis, hepatitis B & C Treatment determined by pathogenic process, extent of inflammation & vascular involvement, and rate of progression of disease Glucocorticoids --> control inflammatory features High dose glucocorticoids + cytotoxic drug (cyclophosphamide) --> for rapidly progressive disease w/ significant major organ involvement (lung, kidney, gut) Plasmapheresis - in hepatitis C-induced cryoglobulinemia & ANCA-positive vasculitides Rituximab - anti-CD20 B cell mAb - efficacious for severe ANCA-associated vasculitis
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Vasculitis - Primary vs. Secondary inciting agents
Primary: inciting agent unknown Secondary: inciting agent may be... - IC deposition - autoantibodies (anti-endothelial, ANCAs) - antigen-driven inflammation - infection of endothelial cells

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