Vasculitides, Misc + CDB Flashcards
MC vasculitis in children
HSP
Immune-mediated vasculitis that affects the GI tract, joints, and kidneys and causes a characteristic rash
HSP
Size of vessels involved in HSP
Small
HSP commonly follows a
URI caused by group A strep or a virus
Deposited in small vessels of skin and glomeruli of patients with HSP
IgA and C3
Hallmark of HSP
Palpable purpura
Seen in biopsy of HSP
Leukoclastic angiitis
Henoch-Schonlein Purpura is associated with what GI complication?
Intussusception
Old rotavirus vaccine causes this GI problem
Intussusception
Most common cause of nonthrombocytopenic purpura in children
HSP
T/F HSP is usually benign and self-limited
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2nd MC vasculitis in children
Kawasaki disease
What are the other names for kawasaki disease
Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
Infantile polyartritis nodosa
Criteria for Kawasaki Disease
Fever of greater than or equal to 5 days plus at least 4 of the following (first 4 are the PRINCIPAL criteria):
1) Non-suppurative bilateral conjunctivitis
2) Mucocutaneous lesions (strawberry tongue, dry red cracked lips, diffuse erythema of oral cavity)
3) Induration of palms and soles
4) Unilateral non-suppurative cervical LAD > 1.5 cm
5) Polymorphic truncal rash
Management for Kawasaki disease
IVIg
High-dose aspirin (↓ high platelets)
To be given within 10 days of disease onset
ASA therapy can cause what syndrome
Reye syndrome
MC cardiac complication of Kawasaki disease
Coronary artery aneurysm
Kawasaki: Characteristic desquamation
Glove and stocking (periungual) desquamation of fingers and toes
Goals in the treatment of Kawasaki
1) Acute phase: Decrease inflammation of coronary artery and myocardium
2) After acute phase: Prevent thrombosis and platelet aggregation
Etiology of Kawasaki disease
Unknown
T/F Kawasaki: Affects children (> 80% under age 4 years)
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T/F Kawasaki: More common in Asians than other racial groups
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T/F Kawasaki: More common in females than males (ratio 1.5:1)
F, males
Vasculitis: Sterile pyuria
Aseptic meningitis
Thrombocytosis
Desquamation of fingers and toes
Kawasaki