Rheumatoid Vasculitis among Patients Attending Rheumatology Clinic

S.A. Oguntona
Department of Medicine Olabisi Onabanjo University/Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Nigeria.
E-mail: oguntonasa@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
Rheumatoid vasculitis (RV) is an inflammatory condition of the small and medium –sized vessels that affects a subset of patients with established rheumatoid arthritis. It has a fast array of clinical manifestations with a predilection for the skin, and the peripheral nervous system. Diagnosis relies on exclusion of other causes with similar lesions because of lack of specific signs and symptoms.