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.

Less frequently occurring vasculitides include Takayasu's arteritis, Goodpasture's disease, microscopic polyangiitis and Henoch–Schönlein purpura, as well as vasculitis secondary to scleroderma ...

Urticarial vasculitis (UV) is a small vessel vasculitis ... status with diagnostic laboratory and imaging studies (see Table 2). After confirming a diagnosis of CV through histologic studies ...