Autoimmune vasculitis is a group of conditions that cause blood vessel inflammation. Examples include Kawasaki disease and giant cell arteritis. They develop as a result of an overreaction of your ...

Kawasaki disease, or Kawasaki syndrome is a rare kind of vasculitis or blood vessel inflammation. The swelling in blood vessels makes them weak and stretched out, risking their tearing or narrowing.

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The inflammation affects the smaller vessels of the skin such as the capillaries and the medium-size ... or present as a primary disease (see Table 1). Small vessel vasculitis may present as ...