3. Systemic vasculitis
• Group of diseases
• Inflammation of the blood vessels
• Unclear etiology
• In 2006, the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) and the
Pediatric Rheumatology European Society (PReS) proposed an
updated classification of childhood vasculitis.
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6. Takayasu arteritis
• Most common granulomatous inflammation of large arteries in children
• Can be life-threatening
• Early acute phase : nonspecific symptoms hypertension, fever,
arthralgia
• Aorta and its main branches
• Arterial wall inflammation concentric wall thickening fibrosis
consequent stenosis
• Less commonly: aneurysm
7. Takayasu arteritis
• EULAR/PReS criteria: angiographic abnormalities + at least 1/4
1. Decreased peripheral artery pulse or
claudication of the extremities
2. Discrepancy of four limbs SBP > 10 mmHg
difference in any limb
3. A bruit over the aorta or its major branches
4. Hypertension related to childhood
normative data criteria
8. The classification of Takayasu arteritis
• Type I : Supra-aortic arteries
• Type IIa : Only the ascending aorta or aortic arch
• Type IIb : Descending aorta with or without involvement of more
proximal portions of the aorta and aortic arch
• Type III : Descending thoracic aorta and abdominal portion or renal
arteries
• Type IV : Only the abdominal aorta or renal arteries
• Type V : Generalized involvement with a combination of other types
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16. Kawasaki disease
• Acute febrile vasculitic syndrome of early childhood
• Predominantly between 6 months and 4 years of age
• Children outside that range Lacked the classic clinical presentation
Delayed diagnosis
• Medium-sized vessel systemic vasculitis : celiac, mesenteric, renal,
iliofemoral, proximal upper limb arteries, coronary artery
• Small aneurysms or stenotic segments
17. The EULAR/PReS classification criteria
• Fever for 5 days (mandatory) + 4 of the following findings:
(1) peripheral changes in the hands and feet
(erythema, edema, desquamation, rash) or
perianal area
(2) polymorphus exanthema
(3) bilateral conjunctival injection
(4) injection of oral and pharyngeal mucosa
(5) Cervical lymphadenopathy
18. The American Heart Association
Consider the diagnosis of Kawasaki disease:
fever for 5 days or more and < 4 principal features disease
+ coronary artery disease (detected by 2-D echocardiography or
coronary angiography)
A child with unexplained fever for 5 days or more + any of the
principal features of Kawasaki disease
19. Role of imaging
• Delayed treatment with IV immunoglobulin beyond 10 days of onset
of fever increases the risk of coronary aneurysms
• Imaging does not have a pivotal role in the initial diagnosis of
Kawasaki disease
• Important in the assessment of its more serious and potentially fatal
complications
• Echocardiography = imaging technique of choice
20. Echocardiography
• Early phases : myo- and pericarditis & periluminal echogenicity
• Subacute and convalescent phases : coronary artery aneurysms &
dilatation
21. Cardiac MRI
• Combined benefits of demonstrating coronary artery lesions &
myocardial perfusion, function and viability in the same time
• Detect distal coronary artery aneurysms might be missed in
echocardiography
22. MDCT angiography of the coronary arteries
• Limited high radiation dose, misleading data due to coronary
calcifications (complication of longstanding coronary artery
aneurysms)
• Prospective ECG-triggered dual-source CT coronary angiography
alternative diagnostic modality
23. PET scans
• Limited to assess inflammation in the coronary artery wall Bec.
increased glucose utilization within the heart muscle
25. The EULAR/PReS classification criteria
• A positive biopsy or angiographic evidence of aneurysms or occlusion
(mandatory) + 2/6 of the following findings:
(1) skin involvement (superficial and deep skin infarctions,
tender subcutanous nodules and livedo reticularis, which
is purplish reticular discoloration pattern of the skin)
(2) myalgia or muscle tenderness
(3) systemic hypertension
(4) mono- or polyneuropathy
(5) renal involvement (proteinuria, haematuria)
(6) testicular pain or tenderness
26. Conventional angiography using DSA
• Standard imaging modality for diagnosis of PAN
• Aneurysms, stenoses or occlusions of a medium- or small sized artery
• Color Doppler, MR angiography and CT angiography compared to
DSA, they are less sensitive and might result in false-negative
• MR angiography considerable stenotic lesions in small arteries
might be overestimated and diagnosed as complete occlusion
30. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA)
• Wegener granulomatosis
• Small-to-medium-sized vessel ANCA-associated systemic necrotizing
vasculitis
• Granulomatous inflammation within arterial wall, perivascular, or
extravascular area
• Affects nose+paranasal sinuses, respiratory tract and the kidneys
• Abs are against serine proteinase-3 Ag
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32. • EULAR/PReS classification criteria includes 3/6
1. Hematuria or proteinuria
2. Granulomatous inflammation on biopsy
3. Nasal sinus inflammation
4. Subglottic/tracheal/endobronchial stenosis
5. Abnormal chest imaging
6. Positive PR 3 ANCA or c-ANCA staining
Kidney
RS
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA)
33. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA)
1. Hematuria/proteinuria
2. Granulomatous inflammation
3. Nasal sinus inflammation
4. Subglottic/tracheal/
endobronchial stenosis
1. Abnormal chest imaging
2. PR 3 ANCA or c-ANCA staining
34. • Variable-sized lung nodules commonly > 5 mm (mms-10 cm)
• Cavitation (common in nodules > 2 cm) with either thin or thick wall
• Ground glass opacities and air space – hemorrhage/debris
• Perivascular fluffy or hazy multifocal opacities
• Mosaic perfusion
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA)
35. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA)
1. Hematuria/proteinuria
2. Granulomatous inflammation
3. Nasal sinus inflammation
4. Subglottic/tracheal/
endobronchial stenosis
1. Abnormal chest imaging
2. PR 3 ANCA or c-ANCA staining
36. • Subglottic tracheal and bronchial stenosis
• Focal/diffuse
• DDx prolonged intubation, TB, amyloidosis or adenoid cystic
tumors
• Long-standing bronchial stenosis >> recurrent chest infection and
lung collapse
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA)
37. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA)
1. Hematuria/proteinuria
2. Granulomatous inflammation
3. Nasal sinus inflammation
4. Subglottic/tracheal/
endobronchial stenosis
1. Abnormal chest imaging
2. PR 3 ANCA or c-ANCA staining
45. Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis
(EGPA)
• Churg-Strauss syndrome
• Necrotizing granulomatous inflammation
• Involves respiratory tract
• predominately affects small and medium vessels
• associated with asthma and eosinophilia
• ANCA positivity is more frequently seen with GN
46. • EULAR/PreS classification: 4/6
Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis
(EGPA)
1. Asthma
2. > 10% Eo in WBC count
3. Mono-/polyneuropathy from systemic vasculitis
4. Migratory/transient pulmonary opacities
5. Paranasal sinus abnormalities
6. Extravascular Eos in a biopsy
47. • Transient, bilateral consolidation with symmetrically peripheral
location (90% of patients)
• +/- Peribronchial or patchy random distribution
• +/- Septal lines (50% of patients)
Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis
(EGPA)
52. Immune complex associated small-vessel
vasculitis
• Ig A vasculitis (IgAV)
• Non-granulomatous ANCA-negative vasculitis
• IgA dominant immune complex deposits small vessels
(capillaries, venules and arterioles)
• Purpuric eruption = Henoch-Schönlein purpura
• gastrointestinal tract
• Arthritis
• GN
53. Ig A vasculitis
• The EULAR/ PReS classification
• Presence of a palpable purpura + 1/5
1. Diffuse abdominal pain
2. Biopsy showing predominantly IgA deposition
3. Arthritis or arthralgia
4. Renal involvement (proteinuria/hematuria)
5. Negative ANCA
54. • Imaging findings: scanty and non-specific
• Patients are usually sent for imaging because of abdominal pain
• Ultrasound – small-sized mesenteric lymphadenopathy, bowel wall
thickening and intraperitoneal fluid non-specific
Ig A vasculitis
56. • Main role of imaging >> to evaluate possible complications
• Pancreatitis
• GI perforation
• Bile duct necrosis
• Alveolar hemorrhage
• Intussusception
• Secondary to Peyer’s patch hypertrophy (ileo-ileal > ileocaecal junction)
• US -- a pseudomass with a target sign
Ig A vasculitis
58. Behcet disease
• An immune-mediated vasculitis
• Classic features: recurrent oral and genital aphthous ulcers, uveitis,
skin lesions and cardiovascular manifestations
• Likely patients older than 20 years of age
• All sizes of both arteries and veins >> aneurysms or thrombosis
59. Behcet disease
• Commonly seen in the pulmonary arterial tree
>> Pulmonary artery aneurysms
highly suggestive of Behcet disease
>> Thrombosis
>> Pulmonary infarctions
>> Ruptured aneurysm >> severe hemorrhage
• Brain
• Cerebral artery -- stenotic segments >> ischemia
• Thrombosis of the dural venous sinuses and venous infarcts
61. MSK involvement in Behcet dz
• Asymmetrical, nonerosive, nondeforming arthralgia/arthritis in lower
extremities esp. knees
• May show joint effusion and soft tissue swelling
• Bone infarcts are less common
62. CNS findings in systemic vasculitis
• Primary form -- primary CNS vasculitis
• Part of a systemic inflammatory process – more common
• Manifestations
• Direct findings -- narrowing of the cerebral arteries
• Secondary to bleeding from the diseased small vessels
• MRI usually demonstrates high signal white matter foci in FLAIR and T2W
• Tumor mimic lesions
• Post contrast enhancement of the arterial wall = active inflammation
• MRA of the cerebral vessels might fail to identify vasculitis in small vessels
63. CNS findings in systemic vasculitis
• Normal MRI of the brain >> almost always excludes intracranial
vasculitis
• No pathognomonic MRI findings in vasculitis
• Biopsy would be required for the diagnosis
66. CNS findings in systemic vasculitis
• DWI -- restricted diffusion in active vasculitic lesions of the brain
• Acute/subacute lesions may show elevated ADC -- the lesions disappear over
time suggesting a nonischemic mechanism
• DDx posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome
67. CNS vasculitis mimics
• Non-inflammatory vasculopathies
• Moyamoya disease
• Post irradiation
• Thromboembolic disease
• Hemoglobinopathies e.g. sickle cell disease
• Vasculopathies from rare genetic/metabolic d/o
>> Brain biopsy is sometimes needed for a definite diagnosis
68. MSK findings in childhood systemic vasculitis
• Arthralgia and arthritis
• up to 78% of patients with IgAV
• MRI helps early diagnosis of musculoskeletal changes in vasculitis
• BM edema
• Bone infarctions
• Synovitis, arthritis, joint effusion
• Insufficiency fractures
71. Pulmonary findings in childhood systemic
vasculitis
• Wide spectrum of non-specific radiographic chest findings
• Most are non-vasculitic lung diseases
• Focal lesions, cavitary nodules, nodules with surrounding focal ground
glass pattern (halo sign) and early peribronchial thickening
• Ground glass pattern detected with CT of the lungs is more commonly
seen with EGPA
72. Pulmonary findings in childhood systemic
vasculitis
• Hemoptysis + diffuse alveolar infiltrates + Hct drop
• Imaging: alveolar opacities
74. Differential diagnosis
• Diagnosis can be challenging because of overlapping signs/symptoms
and non-specific imaging findings
• Unusual group of clinical manifestations involving multiple organ
systems
• Uveitis, rashes, arthritis or sinus troubles
• RPGN
• Pulmonary-renal syndrome
• Arterial wall thickening
• Takayasu arteritis
• Noninflammatory disorders e.g. fibromuscular dysplasia
• Inflammatory diseases e.g. tuberculosis, Behcet dz
75. • Developmental disorders such as aortic coarctation, mid-aortic
syndrome and Marfan syndrome can result in aortic stenosis and
aneurysms
• Diffuse ground glass pattern -- nonspecific for vasculitis
• DDx HP, pulmonary edema, sarcoidosis, alveolitis due to systemic sclerosis,
drug toxicity, opportunistic infection
Differential diagnosis
76. • Attenuated/occluded cerebral vessels and hyperintense FLAIR/T2W
white/gray matter foci
• DDx vasculitis, other inflammatory diseases e.g. viral encephalitis, Moyamoya
dz
Differential diagnosis
77. Conclusion
• Systemic vasculitides are uncommon in childhood
• No specific clinical features
• Angiography is not of much value in evaluation of GPA, EGPA and IgAV
• MRA is suggested in the assessment of Takayasu disease, Kawasaki disease
and C-PAN
• Chest HRCT has a role in the evaluation of GPA and EGPA
• CT of the sinuses in the evaluation of GPA and CTA in the evaluation of
Kawasaki disease
• Color Doppler ultrasound is useful in the diagnosis and follow-up of IgAV
and C-PAN
uncommon in childhood and is frequently subjected to a delayed diagnosis
Improvement in therapy and understanding of the etiopathogenesis of vasculitis have driven the need for better
descriptors and groupings of diseases that have culminated in
various classification criteria for vasculitis
less commonly: aneurysm with the risk of development of mural thrombosis
Claudication = focal muscle pain, induced by physical activity
Bruit = audible murmur or palpable thrill
Hypertension = > 95th percentile for height
Type I : Supra-aortic arteries
Type IIa : Only the ascending aorta or aortic arch
Type IIb : Descending aorta with or without involvement of more proximal portions of the aorta and aortic arch
Type III : Descending thoracic aorta and abdominal portion or renal arteries
Type IV : Only the abdominal aorta or renal arteries
Type V : Generalized involvement with a combination of other types
- Evaluation of the vessel lumen is best seen by conventional angiography using digital subtraction technique (DSA), which has been
considered the reference standard imaging modality
- MR angiography might overestimate significant stenotic lesions showing them as occluded arteries
Ultrasound + color Doppler is capable of evaluating the morphology of the aneurysm, which may present with turbulent flow
and possible thrombosis
The field of view is small in US
Ultrasound cannot determine disease activity contrast to gadolinium-enhanced MRI is capable of early diagnosis of inflammatory changes in the arterial wall before significant wall thickness becomes apparent
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Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Microscopic polyangiitis
Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis
The classic triad -- lungs: involved in 95% of cases//upper respiratory tract / sinuses: 75-90%//kidneys: 80%
classical: full triad//limited: usually respiratory tract only///widespread: skin (50%)eyes (45%)peripheral nervous system (35%)heart-GI
nose+paranasal sinuses, respiratory tract and the kidneys
Chronic or recurrent sinusitis -- early manifestations
Mucosal thickening of the paranasal sinuses and nasal septum perforation
Erosion of the nasal turbinates and bony of the paranasal sinuses
Pulmonary nodules
PR 3 (Proteinase 3)
nasal septum perforation and resorption of the nasal conchae (arrows)
bone defects in the medial wall of the maxillary sinuses
small cavitating pulmonary nodule with a slightly thickened wall ยังมีจุดอื่นๆอีกทั่วปอดเลย
GPA – stridor
short segment subglottic stenosis
GPA – hemoptysis
bilateral largesized pulmonary nodules with a small cavity
GPA marked stenosis of the left bronchus (arrow)
after a few years (b) shows residual left bronchus stenosis (arrow) and partial collapse of the left upper lobe
>> pulmonary-renal syndrome
extensive consolidation in bilateral middle and lower lung zones.
CT scan shows extensive parenchymal opacities in both lungs. Poorly defined nodule (arrow) is observed in left upper lobe=hemorrhage
bilateral symmetrical patchy confluent peripheral opacities at the upper lungs
CT -- ground glass opacity at both upper lung lobes with more confluent consolidation in the left upper lung zone on a background of hyperinflated lungs
extensive parenchymal opacities in both lungs—sparing apex
CT scan shows patchy and extensive GGO in both lungs. Subpleural lungs are spared.
patchy consolidation areas, ground glass opacities and air bronchograms.
Ultrasound is the most common initial imaging modality used to start the investigation.
rash and abdominal pain
Gray-scale -- mild bowel wall thickening (arrow) and multiple small mesenteric lymph nodes
Color Dolppler -- increased vascularity at the affected bowel segment
No specific vessel sizes
A 12- year-old boy who presented with diplopia, photophobia, headache and intermittent fever.
Postcontrast CT scans of the brain show hypodense filling defect in the torcula herophili (arrow) consistent with dural sinus thrombosis
usually
direct (eg, vessel wall thickening and contrast material enhancement)
indirect (eg, cerebral perfusion deficits, ischemic brain lesions, intracerebral or subarachnoid hemorrhage, and vascular stenosis)
MRI T2 -- cerebral hemorrhagic lesions with dark signal (magnetic susceptibility artifacts) secondary to blood degradation products
MRI (FLAIR) granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) shows a cortical hyperintense lesion at the high parietal levels parasagittally
3- D MRA of the posterior cerebral circulation (b) shows attenuated beaded PCAs more accentuated on the left side (arrow) and overall attenuated distal branches suggesting a vasculitic pattern
MRI of the brain of the Takayasu patient developed seizures
MRI FLAIR -- multiple cortical and subcortical areas of increased signal intensity. No restricted diffusion
MRA negative
follow-up MRI FLAIR 2 weeks later หาย
เมื่อมีอาการโดยมากจะส่งแค่ plain film เพราะ MRI ไม่เปลี่ยน management
ซึ่ง plain film ก็ often negative at an early stage of the disease
MRI มักส่งเมื่อ considering infection or avascular necrosis from steroid
granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) on large doses of steroids when developed ankle pain
Sagittal T1 (a) and pd-fs (b) multiple bone infarcts (low signal in T1, high signal in pd-fs) with serpinginous linear margin in the distal tibial, talus and calcaneus
granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) with foot pain and swelling
unenhanced sagittal T1 (a), STIR (b) and post-Gdt sagittal T1fs (c) several areas of bone marrow edema (arrow in b), enhanced nodular lesion at the dorsal navicular/medial cuneiform joint (arrows in a and c) in keeping with synovial proliferation
An 8-year-old boy presented with hemoptysis -- peripheral ground glass densities with lack of focal nodular lesions. DDx includes vasculitis, pneumonitis and idiopathic alveolar hemorrhage. Lung biopsy showed pulmonary capillaritis.
patient age, gender, and ethnic origin;
presence of skin lesions (ulcers, palpable purpura);
size of the involved vessel;
involvement of other organs (especially the kidneys, lungs, and paranasal sinuses);
use of medications; presence of drug abuse
ผังช่วย DDx
GPA granulomatosis with polyangiitis, MPA microscopic polyangiitis, EGPA eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, IgAV immunoglobulin A vasculopathy, c-PAN childhood polyarteritis nodosa
APLA = antiphospholipid antibody, HIV = human immunodeficiency virus, IgA = immunoglobulin A, PACNS = primary angiitis of the CNS, SLE = systemic lupus erythematosus.