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.

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 ...