[Systemic vasculitis during parasitosis].
A RARE EVENTUALITY: Although parasite infections are frequent, observations of vasculitis related to parasitosis are, however, very rare. REGARDING THE MECHANISM: The simultaneous occurrence of a parasitosis and vasculitis may be the consequence of either the direct implication of a parasite observed in the histological lesions in the onset of alteration in the vascular wall, or of immunopathological phenomena occuring during the anti-parasite immune response, or a fortuitous association. THE HUMAN PARASITOSIS IMPLIED: In most cases, vasculitis associated with parasitosis is an isolated event with varied clinical aspects. Such cases have been reported in toxoplasmosis, trichinosis, strongyliasis, ascaridiosis, sarcocystosis, amibiasis, leishmaniosis and toxocarosis.
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D006801:Humans; D007107:Immune System / Q000502:physiology; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000503:physiopathology