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==Small vessel leukocytoclastic vasculitis==
==Small vessel leukocytoclastic vasculitis==
*[[AKA]] ''leukocytoclastic vasculitis'', abbreviated ''LCV''.
*[[AKA]] ''leukocytoclastic vasculitis'', abbreviated ''LCV''.
 
{{Main|Small vessel leukocytoclastic vasculitis}}
===General===
*Most common cutaneous vasculitis.<ref name=pmid18948765>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Brinster | first1 = NK. | title = Dermatopathology for the surgical pathologist: a pattern-based approach to the diagnosis of inflammatory skin disorders (part II). | journal = Adv Anat Pathol | volume = 15 | issue = 6 | pages = 350-69 | month = Nov | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1097/PAP.0b013e31818b1ac6 | PMID = 18948765 }}</ref>
 
Clinical:
*Palpable purpura, usu. lower extremity.
 
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=pmid18948765/>
*Small upper dermis vessels with:
*#Neutrophils.
*#*Fragmentation of neutrophils (leukocytoclasia).
*#Vessel damage: fibrin deposition (bright pink acellular stuff).
 
Has a very broad DDx:<ref name=pmid18948765/>
#Infectious:
#*Bacterial.
#*Viral.
#*[[Fungal]].
#Vasculitic disorders:
#*ANCA mediated vasculitides:
#**[[Wegener granulomatosis]].
#**[[Churg-Strauss syndrome]].
#*[[Henoch–Schönlein purpura]].<ref name=pmid9713395>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kraft | first1 = DM. | last2 = Mckee | first2 = D. | last3 = Scott | first3 = C. | title = Henoch-Schönlein purpura: a review. | journal = Am Fam Physician | volume = 58 | issue = 2 | pages = 405-8, 411 | month = Aug | year = 1998 | doi =  | PMID = 9713395 }}</ref>
#*Urticarial vasculitis.
#Other:
#*[[Connective tissue disease]], e.g. [[mixed connective tissue disease]], [[SLE]], [[rheumatoid arthritis]].
#*[[Cryoglobulinemia]] - may be due to [[multiple myeloma]], [[hepatitis C]]; have intravascular thrombi.
#*Paraneoplastic.
#*Drugs.
 
Image:
*[http://www.ancavasculitis.com/biopsy.php LCA (ancavasculitis.com)].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case189.html LCA of the GI tract - several images (upmc.edu)].
 
===Stains===
*PAS - look for fungus.


==Microscopic polyangiitis==
==Microscopic polyangiitis==
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