Treatment results in remission for about 85% of patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated small-vessel vasculitis; however, 11–57% of these suffer relapse, which can ...

Vasculitis is a group of diseases, also known as angiitis, that damage blood vessels by causing inflammation. It can affect any blood vessel anywhere in the body. Vasculitis means inflammation of ...

Acute CV is a form of LCV because of the broken-up appearance of white blood cells under the microscope and is sometimes referred to as allergic or hypersensitivity vasculitis. Palpable purpura is ...

Cutaneous vasculitis (CV) is a term used for inflammation of the blood vessels in the skin that occurs in up to 70% of patients with lupus erythematosus (LE). The inflammation affects the smaller ...

This finding led Jimenez-Conde et al. 2 to conclude that hyperlipidemia might be protective against cerebral small-vessel disease.

A significant percentage of patients with RA and ANCA positivity were also diagnosed with AAV, with GPA being the most common subtype.