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Localized Medium-Vessel Vasculitis From a Tick Bite
Shauna Rice1, Mary Clark2, Leslie Robinson-Bostom3
1University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA.
The American Journal of Dermatopathology
|November 19, 2021
Abstract:
Tick bites are known to induce a variety of inflammatory reaction patterns. Here, we present a novel case of medium-vessel vasculitis as a localized response to a known tick bite. It is important to recognize the histology associated with a tick bite response to prevent misdiagnosis and potential overtreatment of a vasculitic condition.
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