Difficult Differential Diagnosis of Hemorrhagic Vasculitis in the Practice of General Physician-family Practitioner: Own Clinical Observations and Literature Data

The article is dedicated to the problem of differential diagnosis of hemorrhagic vasculitis on the level of primary medicine. Current classification of systemic vasculitides, namely International Chapel Hill Consensus Conference of 2012 is present. Clinical features of the often form of vasculitis – Henoch-Schönlein purpura and the less common form of vasculitis of the small vessels – leukocytoclastic vasculitis (hypersensitivity vasculitis) are analyzed. Material is given basing on scientific literature data and own clinical observations of skin vasculitis.