Allergic vasculitis

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Vasculitis

Vasculitis, urticarial on the hand

Vasculitis on the palm

Allergic vasculitis is hypersensitivity to a drug or foreign agent that leads to inflammation and damage to blood vessels of the skin.

Vasculitis - allergic hypersensitivity; Cutaneous Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis

Vasculitis occurs because of inflammation and damage to blood vessels. The inflammation of allergic vasculitis is the result of an allergic reaction to a drug or other foreign agent.

Review Date: 04/20/2005
Reviewed By: Stanford Peng, M.D., Ph.D., Division of Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.