Table 3.
Histopathologic findings in LVV-associated vasculitis
Intima | Media | Adventitia |
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Duplication and fragmentation of the internal elastic lamina | Fragmentation of the elastic tissue | Marked leukocytoclastic vasculitis of the vasa vasorum and periadventitial vessels |
Medial necrosis | Proliferation of slit-like vascular channels | |
Plasmolymphocitary and giant cell infiltrate | Chronic inflammation | |
Fibrosis | Fibrosis |