Friday, December 07, 2012

Raynaud's Disease / Phenomenon


Disorder
Vasculitis
Epidemiology/Etiology
Clinical/Laboratory Findings
Raynaud's disease
Medium-sized vessel vasculitis involving digital vessels in fingers and toes
Young women
Exaggerated vasomotor response to cold or stress
Paroxysmal digital color changes (white-blue-red sequence)
Ulceration and gangrene in chronic cases
Raynaud's phenomenon
Medium-sized vessel vasculitis involving digital vessels in fingers and toes
Adult men and women
Secondary to other diseases (e.g., systemic sclerosis, CREST syndrome)
Systemic sclerosis and CREST syndrome: digital vasculitis with vessel fibrosis, dystrophic calcification, ulceration, gangrene


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