Cutaneous Vasculitis

Cutaneous Vasculitis

Onychomadesis Following Cutaneous Vasculitis.

Beau lines are transverse, band-like depressions extending from one lateral edge of the nail to the other and affecting all nails at corresponding levels (1). Onychomadesis is considered an extreme form of Beau line with subsequent separation of the proximal nail plate from the nail bed. Both fall along a spectrum of nail plate abnormalities that occur secondary to temporary nail matrix arrest ...

Histopathology of Cutaneous Vasculitis

Vasculitis is an inflammatory process occurring primarily on the vessel wall. It results in vessel wall destruction and subsequent hemorrhagic and ischemic events. Skin is the most common target organ for vasculitis.1,2,3,4 Cutaneous vasculitis includes vasculitis of the dermal small vessels5 and subcutaneous small muscular vessels.6 It can be a self-limited benign disease restricted to the ski...

Cutaneous vasculitis: a diagnostic approach.

Cutaneous vasculitis complicating coeliac disease.

A 38 year old female, with chronic uncontrolled coeliac disease, presented with the rare complication of cutaneous leucocytoclastic vasculitis. Detailed study failed to identify any cause for the vasculitis, other than the underlying coeliac disease. Haematuria and proteinuria with mesangial nephritis were also demonstrated on renal biopsy with electron microscopic study. It is speculated that ...