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Immunofluorescent investigations in cutaneous vasculitis

II. Histotopical demonstration of IgD and fibrin

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The histotopical distribution of IgD and fibrin was examined in skin lesions of 12 patients with cutaneous vasculitis, by means of the direct IF method.

IgD was found in 9 cases mostly in a striking fixation to the PMN-leucocytic inflammation cells. Homogeneous depositions of IgD in cutaneous blood vessel walls were seen twice. In 3 cases with older, lympho-histiocytic infiltrations, IgD was lacking.

Fibrin was constantly present in the blood vessel walls of fresh and older vasculitis lesions, and showed up in the regions of “fibrinoid necrosis” in form of distorted vascular rings.

Although neither IgD nor fibrin appear in a disease-specific histotopical distribution, their simultaneous in vivo demonstration, connected with the result of vascular bound complement, is a good aid to substantiate the diagnosis of cutaneous vasculitis.

Zusammenfassung

An Hautläsionen von 12 Patienten mit cutanen Vasculitiden wurde mit der Methode der direkten Immunofluorescenz die histotopische Verteilung von IgD und Fibrin studiert.

IgD fand sich in 9 Fällen, und zwar in auffallender Bindung an polymorphkernige Granulocyten. Zweimal waren homogene IgD-Einlagerungen in cutanen Gefäßwänden zu beobachten.

Bei 3 Fällen mit bereits etwas älteren, lympho-histiocytären, Infiltraten fehlte das IgD im Gewebe.

Fibrin war konstant in Gefäßwänden frischer wie älterer vasculitischer Läsionen vorhanden und zeigte in Bereichen mit histologisch imponierender “fibrinoider Gefäßwandnekrose” bizarr verformte Gefäßringe.

Wenn auch IgD und Fibrin nicht krankheitsspezifisch im Hautgewebe auftreten, so stützt doch ihr gemeinsames Vorhandensein — zusammen mit gefäßgebundenem Komplement — die Diagnosestellung einer cutanen Vasculitis.

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Weidner, F. Immunofluorescent investigations in cutaneous vasculitis. Arch. Derm. Res. 254, 215–224 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00586895

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