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.

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 ...

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