Leukocytoclastic vasculitis (LCV) describes small blood vessel inflammation. It’s also known as hypersensitivity vasculitis and hypersensitivity angiitis. LCV may be caused by many other ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’ve read that vasculitis is a rare disease, but I’m beginning to wonder if it is rare or if doctors just don’t understand it. My husband has this condition, but… ...

Vasculitis is an autoimmune disorder that causes inflammation of the blood vessels. It can affect arteries, veins, and capillaries. This condition causes blood vessel walls to swell, which ...

Leukocytoclastic vasculitis (LCV) is an inflammation in small blood vessels that leads to tissue destruction. It can affect the skin, heart, lungs, gastrointestinal tract, and other organs.

Cutaneous small-vessel vasculitis rash . Formerly known as hypersensitivity vasculitis, this rash occurs when people react negatively to medications, infections, or other substances.

Lupus vasculitis most often occurs in the small blood vessels of the skin. You might hear your doctor call this cutaneous vasculitis. There’s some evidence that your odds of getting it are ...

Other infections, such as HIV, are associated with a wide variety of vasculitic phenotypes, affecting small or large vessels. 24 There are, however, several distinct examples of vasculitis ...

Necrotizing vasculitis, or systemic necrotizing vasculitis (SNV), is an inflammation of blood vessel walls. It typically affects small and medium blood vessels. This inflammation can interrupt ...

Nonsystemic vasculitic neuropathy (NSVN) is an under-recognized single-organ vasculitis of peripheral nerves. In this Review, Collins and Hadden provide an update on the classification, diagnosis ...

Small-vessel vasculitis; Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis: Microscopic polyangiitis, granulomatosis with polyangiitis, eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis; ...

More information: Masayuki Nishide et al, Neutrophil single-cell analysis identifies a type II interferon-related subset for predicting relapse of autoimmune small vessel vasculitis, Nature ...

References: Łysak K, Walulik A, Błaszkiewicz M, Gomułka K. ANCA-positive small-vessel vasculitis following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination—A systematic review. Vaccines. 2024;12(6):656. doi:10.3390 ...