We report a small case series of patients empirically treated for suspected CNS vasculitis, who were found to have other diseases by biopsy or autopsy (see Table 1 for an overview of patient ...

or present as a primary disease (see Table 1). Small vessel vasculitis may present as palpable purpura, urticaria, pustules, vesicles, petechiae, painful red bumps and hard spots, small bruises ...

Figure 2: Diagnostic approach to CNS vasculitis. Laboratory tests excluded the possibility of metabolic abnormalities (Table 1). The results of an analysis of cerebrospinal fluid were normal.