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Table 3 Histological specimens with vasculitis from the San Juan de Dios Hospital, Bogotá, Colombia, 1953 – 1997, according to a clinical-pathological correlation of vasculitis [92]

From: Are classification criteria for vasculitis useful in clinical practice? Observations and lessons from Colombia

Vasculitis diagnosis

Number

N = 304

Frequencies

per 100,000 histological specimens

Percentages

   

groups of vasculitis

subgroups of vasculitis

1. Leukocytoclastic vasculitis

107

64.6

35.2

 

   1.1. Erythema elevatum diutinum

1

0.6

 

0.9

   1.2. Secondary to diseases

42

25.4

 

39.3

1.2.1. SLE

14

8.5

  

1.2.2. PM/DM

14

8.5

  

1.2.3. Diffuse/limited scleroderma

5

6.7

  

1.2.4. Henoch-Schönlein purpura

9

5.4

  

   1.3 Livedoid leukocytoclastic vasculitis

5

3

 

4.7

   1.4. Idiopathic

59

35.6

 

55.1

2. Lymphomonocitic's vasculitis

53

32

17.4

 

   2.1. Schamberg's purpura

1

0,6

 

1.9

   2.2. Chronic urticaria, associated

1

0.6

 

1.9

   2.3. Idiopathic

51

30.8

 

96.2

3. Nodular vasculitis

19

11.5

3.6

 

   3.1. Erythema nodosum

7

4.2

 

36.8

   3.2. Granulomatous panniculitis

2

1.2

 

10.5

   3.3. Vasculitis in panniculitis

4

2.4

 

21.1

   3.4. Idiopathic

6

3.6

 

31.6

4. Granulomatous vasculitis

11

6.6

3.6

 

   4.1. Wegener's granulomatosis

3

1.8

 

27.3

   4.2. Churg Strauss

2

1.2

 

18.2

   4.3. Lymphomatoid granulomatosis (lung)

1

0.6

 

9.1

   4.4. Granuloma annulare

1

0.6

 

9.1

   4.5. Giant cell (Temporal) arteritis

1

0.6

 

9.1

   4.6. Idiopathic

3

1.8

 

27.3

5. Polyarteritis nodosa

24

14.5

7.9

 

   5.1. Generalized

16

4.8

 

66.7

   5.2. Cutaneous

8

9.7

 

33.3

6. Vasculitis like diseases

4

2.4

1.3

 

   6.1. Arterio-embolism

4

2.4

 

100

7. Infection-related vasculitis

20

12.1

6.6

 

   7.1. Mycobacterium

12

7.2

 

60

   7.2. Bacterial infections

8

4.8

 

40

8. Microscopic polyangiitis

1

0.6

0.3

 

9. Thromboangiitis obliterans

38

23

12.5

 

10. Unclassified vasculitis

27

16.3

8.9

 

TOTAL

304

 

100

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