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considered and tailored according to the needs of each patient in a way that improves his/her quality of
[55]
life .
CONCLUSION
Cutaneous manifestations are common in AAV. They may be the presenting manifestation of the disease,
occur during its course, or mark a disease relapse. They may be specific or non-specific according to the
presence or absence of vasculitis with or without granulomas in skin biopsies. They are usually associated
with severe systemic manifestations and multiple organ involvement. Since such lesions can occur in other
types of systemic vasculitis and in other disorders, linking them with AAV requires meticulous clinical,
laboratory, and serological correlation.

DECLARATIONS
Authors’ contributions
Made substantial contributions to conception and design of the manuscript, writing, editing, provision of
clinical photos and histopathological photomicrographs: Abdel-Halim M
Contributed to writing the manuscript: Mahmoud A
Planning, supervising, revision of the manuscript and editing: Ragab G

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Conflicts of interest
All authors declared that there are no conflicts of interest.

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