THERAPEUTIC GUIDELINES IN VASCULITIS

For the treatment of cutaneous vasculitis it is of considerable import ance to distinguish clinically between vasculitis as primary disease o r as secondary process due to a systemic disease. This implies a thoro ught diagnosis of the patient to classify the individual case. The cur rently available therapy of cutaneous vasculitis is rarely causative. In most cases a symptomatically orientated antiinflammatory immunosupp ressive therapy is used to control the disease. In this review we will report on the currenlty used therapy protocols in cutaneous vasculiti s.