Disorder
|
Vasculitis
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Epidemiology/Etiology
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Clinical/Laboratory Findings
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Raynaud's disease
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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
|
Friday, December 07, 2012
Raynaud's Disease / Phenomenon
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