Screening bij vermoeden vasculitis
Naast “klassiek” labo met lever-, niertesten, complet, ionogram zeker ook sedimentatie bepalen.
En vervolgens ook:
- Hepatitis screen (B and C)
- HIV test
- Antiglomerular basement membrane antibody
- Antiphospholipid antibodies
- Antinuclear antibody
To assess extent of vasculitis
- Urine dipstick and microscopy (all patients)
To confirm diagnosis of vasculitis
- Biopsy and/or angiogram
To identify the specific type of vasculitis
- ANCA
- Cryoglobulin
- Complement levels
- Eosinophil counts/IgE levels
- Specific findings on biopsy (necrotising granulomatous inflammation, presence of IgA deposits, evidence of immune complex formation (or its absence))