Hypersensitivity vasculitis (HV): triggers

Antithrombotic drugs

• Apixaban
• Clopidogrel
• Dabigatran
• Heparin
• Rivaroxaban
• Ticlopidine
• Warfarin

Immunomodulating drugs

Analgesic drugs

Metabolic drugs

Antimicrobial agents

Neuropsychiatric drugs

Infections

Autoimmune and inflammatory diseases

Solid cancers

Haematological malignancies

Paraproteinaemias

Others

Synonym

References

El-Darouti MA, Mashaly HM, El-Nabarawy E, et al. Leukocytoclastic vasculitis and necrolytic acral erythema in patients with hepatitis C infection: do viral load and viral genotype play a role? J Am Acad Dermatol 2010; 63:259-265.

References

1. Buck M, Dumic I, McDermott W, et al. Leukocytoclastic vasculitis as a rare dermatologic manifestation of Crohn's disease mimicking cellulitis: a case report. BMC Gastroenterol 2020; 20:240.
2. Khan M, Madi MY, Rencic J. Apixaban-induced cutaneous leucocytoclastic vasculitis. BMJ Case Rep 2020; 13:e237043.
3. Shetty RK, Madken M, Naha K, Vivek G. Leucocytoclastic vasculitis as a late complication of clopidogrel therapy. BMJ Case Rep 2013; 2013:bcr2012007861.
4. An J, Garje R, Wanat KA, Leone JP. Dabigatran-related leukocytoclastic vasculitis. BMJ Case Rep 2017; 2017:bcr2016217423.
5. Kearsley JH, Jeremy RW, Coates AS. Leucocytoclastic vasculitis and skin necrosis following subcutaneous heparin calcium. Aust N Z J Med 1982; 12:288-289.
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