• Approach to Vasculitis

    BOTTOM LINE Vasculitis is a heterogenous group of diseases classified by blood vessel size. Large vessel vasculitis symptoms include claudication, bruits, aneurysms, asymmetrical blood pressures/pulses. Medium vessel includes skin nodules/ulcers,…

  • Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN)

    BOTTOM LINE Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a rare necrotizing vasculitis affecting medium-sized muscular arteries and occasionally small muscular arteries most commonly supplying kidneys, skin, joints, muscles, nerves, and GI tract;…