Leukocytoclastic vasculitis

Introduction: Leukocytoclastic vasculitis

Description of Leukocytoclastic vasculitis

Leukocytoclastic vasculitis (medical condition): A rare chronic skin disorder characterized by skin nodules and plaques near joints and on the back of the hands and feet.

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Erythema elevatum diutinum:
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Leukocytoclastic vasculitis: cutaneous acute vasculitis characterized clinically by palpable purpura, especially of the legs, and histologically by exudation of the neutrophils and sometimes fibrin around dermal venules, with nuclear dust and extravasation of red cells; may be limited to the skin or involve other tissues as in Henoch-Schönlein purpura.cutaneous vasculitis. [G. leukos, white, + kytos, cell, + klastos, broken, fr. klao, to break]
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Leukocytoclastic vasculitis: Heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by a vasculitic syndrome presumed to be associated with a hypersensitivity reaction following exposure to an antigen such as an infectious agent, a drug, or other foreign or endogenous substance (Wilson et al, Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 12th ed, p1459).
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Leukocytoclastic vasculitis as a Disease

Leukocytoclastic vasculitis: Another name for Erythema elevatum diutinum (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Erythema elevatum diutinum
  »Symptoms of Erythema elevatum diutinum

Causes of Leukocytoclastic vasculitis

Some of the causes of Leukocytoclastic vasculitis are included in the list below:

• Erythema elevatum diutinum
• Henoch-Schönlein purpura
• Cryoglobulinaemia
• Serum sickness

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Symptoms of Leukocytoclastic vasculitis (Erythema elevatum diutinum)

Some of the symptoms of Leukocytoclastic vasculitis incude:

• Reddish-brown skin lesions
• Raised skin lesions
• Itching lesions
• Burning lesions
• Skin nodules

See full list of 7 symptoms of Leukocytoclastic vasculitis (Erythema elevatum diutinum)

Terms associated with Leukocytoclastic vasculitis:

Terms Similar to Leukocytoclastic vasculitis:

• Small-vessel vasculitis
• Hypersensitivity vasculitis
• Leucocytoclastic venulitis

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External links related to: Leukocytoclastic vasculitis

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• DermPathTutor©-Leukocytoclasis
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• eMedicine - Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis : Article by Jeffrey P Callen, MD

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