Background: Cutaneous vasculitis is defined as the inflammation of blood vessels of the dermis. However cutaneous vasculitis is not a specific disease but a manifestation that can be seen in a variety of settings. We sought to review the clinical manifestations, laboratorial findings, pathological changes and etiologic association of cutaneous vasculitis in patients admitted to Dermatology Depa...

introduction: kawasaki syndrome is an acute febrile vasculitis with multiorgan involvment in children. the objective of this study was assessment of demographic, clinical and laboratory data of kawasaki patients in yazd. methods: in a descriptive-analytic study, the hospital records of patients treated for kawasaki disease in all hospitals with pediatric wards between march 1996 and march 2006 ...

Vasculitides are a heterogeneous group of more than 20 diseases defined by inflammation and destruction of blood vessels. We aimed to study the demographic characteristics of the primary vasculitides in the North East of Iran. We retrospectively studied the medical records of patients diagnosed with any kind of vasculitis at the Clinic and Department of Rheumatology of the Imam Reza Hospital, M...

descriptive case report of a 42-year old woman with coetaneous vasculitis, and severe abdominal pain, which was led to diagnostic laparotomy. these presentations are probably as a side effect of methocarbamol injection. this is the first report according to our literature search (pubmed, google scholar, isi web of knowledge, proquest, md consult, science direct, scopus) about methocarbamol rela...

recently, several patients have been reported with various signs of encephalopathy and high thyroid antibody levels together with good responsiveness to glucocorticoid therapy. despite the various clinical presentations, these cases have been termed “hashimoto encephalopathy” (he). although all of the pathogenic components have not yet been clearly elucidated, it is believed that brain vasculit...

vasculitides are a heterogeneous group of more than 20 diseases defined by inflammation and destruction of blood vessels. we aimed to study the demographic characteristics of the primary vasculitides in the north east of iran. we retrospectively studied the medical records of patients diagnosed with any kind of vasculitis at the clinic and department of rheumatology of the imam reza hospital, m...

background: kawasaki disease is an acute febrile systemic vasculitis mainly affecting children under 5. its etiology is still unknown. kawasaki disease can only be diagnosed clinically as there exists no specific laboratory test that can tell if someone has it. the cardiac complications are, by far, the most important aspect of the disease. this study reports the signs and the symptoms of patie...