Medical Definition of Cutaneous vasculitis
1. An acute form of vasculitis which may affect the skin only, but also may involve other organs, with a polymorphonuclear infiltrate in the walls of and surrounding small (dermal) vessels. Nuclear fragments are formed by karyorrhexis of the neutrophils. See: leukocytoclastic vasculitis. Synonym: allergic angiitis, hypersensitivity vasculitis. (05 Mar 2000)
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