What is Noninfectious Vasculitis?

Skin biopsy specimen showing (A) septal and lobular panniculitis with extended necrosis (H&E, ×40) and (B) leukocytoclastic vasculitis and infiltration of inflammatory cells consisting of neutrophils and lymphocytes (H&E, ×100).Nodular Vasculitis That Developed during Etanercept (Enbrel) Treatment in a Patient with Psoriasis. Park SB, Chang IK, Im M, Lee Y, Kim CD, Seo YJ, Lee JH - Annals of dermatology (2015). Not Altered. CC.

Noninfectious vasculitis is autoimmune disorders-causing vascular inflammation.

Examples of noninfectious vasculitis include:

Antiendothelial cell antibodies vasculitis
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies vasculitis
Behcet disease
Churg-Strauss syndrome
Immune complex-associated vasculitis
Giant cell (temporal) arteritis
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Kawasaki disease
Microscopic polyangiitis
Polyarteritis nodosa
Takayasu arteritis
Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger disease)

Noninfectious Vasculitis

Last updated on May 16, 2022