Pseudovasculitis results
from non-vasculitic blood vessel
damage,
obstruction,
thromboembolism, vasospasm or other pathology
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Pathogenetic mechanism |
Clinical diagnosis |
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Diseases of the blood
vessel wall |
Atherosclerosis |
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BŸergerÕs disease, |
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fibromuscular dysplasia |
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amyloidosis |
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scurvy |
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calciphylaxis |
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Moyamoya vessel wall
disease |
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Infections |
Syphilis |
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Lyme disease |
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miliary tuberculosis |
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chronic viral hepatitis |
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meningoencephalitis |
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sepsis |
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Coagulation disorders |
Antiphospholipid antibody
syndrome |
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TTP/HUS |
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DIC |
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coagulation disorders |
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heparin-induced
thrombocytopenia or HIT |
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Embolisation |
Infective endocarditis |
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myxoma |
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cholesterol embolism |
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non-bacterial thrombotic
endocarditis |
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Drugs and narcotics( |
Phenylpropanolamines |
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amphetamines |
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cocaine |
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Hormones (vasospasm) |
Pheochromocytoma |
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Miscellaneous |
Neoplasms |
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hypereosinophilic syndrome |
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intravascular lymphoma |
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hyperviscosity syndrome |
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connective tissue diseases |
Adapted
from "Roadmap to vasculitis:a rheumatological treasure hunt,
Part II.
Classification, features of individual vasculitides and differential
diagnosis
against pseudovasculitis"
Indian
Journal of Rheumatology 2007
June; Volume 2, Number 2;pp.55–64