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==Overview==
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==Laboratory Findings==
==Laboratory Findings==
Basic lab tests may include a
Basic lab tests may include a
* [[CBC]]
* [[CBC]] - [[leukocytosis]], [[eosinophilia]] > 10%
* Chem-7 (look for creatinine)
* Chem-7 (look for creatinine) - Elevated serum [[BUN]] (> 40 mg/dL) or serum [[creatinine]] (> 1.5 mg/dL)
* Muscle enzyme
* Muscle enzyme
* [[Liver function tests]]
* [[Liver function tests]]
* [[ESR]]
* [[ESR]] - elevated [[ESR]] ≥ 50 mm/hour Westergren in [[temporal arteritis]]
* Hepatitis seroloties
* Hepatitis seroloties
* [[Urinalysis]]
* [[Urinalysis]] - microscopic hematuria or RBC casts in [[Wegener's granulomatosis]]


Additional, more specific tests include:
Additional, more specific tests include:
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==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Rheumatology]]


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Latest revision as of 17:41, 20 June 2016

Vasculitis

Overview

Classification

Large-sized vessel vasculitis
Takayasu's Arteritis
Temporal Arteritis
Medium-sized vessel vasculitis
Kawasaki's Disease
Polyarteritis Nodosa
Small-sized vessel vasculitis
Churg-Strauss Syndrome
Cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis
Essential cryoglobulinemic vasculitis
Henoch-Schonlein Purpura
Microscopic polyangiitis
Wegener's Granulomatosis
Variable-sized vessel vasculitis
Sjogren syndrome
Cogan syndrome
Single organ vasculitis
Primary central nervous system angiitis

Causes

Differential Diagnosis

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: M.Umer Tariq [2]

Overview

Laboratory Findings

Basic lab tests may include a

Additional, more specific tests include:

References

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