Skin involvement in cutaneous and systemic vasculitis.

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Event Abstract Back to Event Skin involvement in cutaneous and systemic vasculitis. Pamela Vezzoli1*, Angelo V. Marzano2 and Emilio Berti2, 3 1 Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Dermatology, Italy 2 Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Italy 3 University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy Cutaneous vasculitides are a heterogeneous group of inflammatory disorders affecting skin blood vessels. They may be triggered by several factors, such as infection or drug, or may be related to underlying disease, notably connective tissue or malignancies. However, vasculitis occurs without any demonstrable triggering agents in a relevant number of patients. On the other hand, vasculitic skin lesions may manifest as a component of vasculitis affecting also internal organs; in someone of these patients, skin involvement occurs initially as the sole sign of disease, leading to consider cutaneous vasculitis a diagnosis of exclusion. In this review, we have focused on the most common variants of cutaneous vasculitis, including cutaneous small vessel vasculitis and urticarial vasculitis as well as Henoch-Schönlein purpura, a systemic form in which however skin involvement often predominates. We have also argued on livedoid vasculopathy, a cutaneous entity which, although nonfrankly vasculitic in origin, is frequently associated with connective tissue disease. Finally, we have analyzed the variety of cutaneous manifestations that may develop during the course of the main systemic vasculitides, such as Wegener's granulomatosis, Churg-Strauss syndrome and polyarteritis nodosa. Keywords: Skin Manifestations, Systemic Vasculitis, Cutaneous Vasculitis, Inflammatory Disorders, Livedoid vasculopathy Conference: 15th International Congress of Immunology (ICI), Milan, Italy, 22 Aug - 27 Aug, 2013. Presentation Type: Abstract Topic: Translational immunology and immune intervention Citation: Vezzoli P, Marzano AV and Berti E (2013). Skin involvement in cutaneous and systemic vasculitis.. Front. Immunol. Conference Abstract: 15th International Congress of Immunology (ICI). doi: 10.3389/conf.fimmu.2013.02.00518 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 20 May 2013; Published Online: 22 Aug 2013. * Correspondence: Dr. Pamela Vezzoli, Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Dermatology, Bergamo, Italy, pamela.vezzoli@libero.it Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers Pamela Vezzoli Angelo V Marzano Emilio Berti Google Pamela Vezzoli Angelo V Marzano Emilio Berti Google Scholar Pamela Vezzoli Angelo V Marzano Emilio Berti PubMed Pamela Vezzoli Angelo V Marzano Emilio Berti Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.