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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Buerger's 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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Typhus |
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DIC ?? |
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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