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vasculitis
Wednesday 12 November 2003
Digital cases
UI:634 - Leukocytoclastic vasculitis
UI:575 : Microscopic polyarteritis : Kidney - Microscopic polyangiitis, vasculitis, fibrinoid necrosis, necrotizing glomerulonephritis, crescents
UI:584 - Polyarteritis nodosa (Adrenal gland)
UI:704 - Buergers disease (Thromboangitis obliterans)
Definition: Vasculitis is the inflaamtion of blood vessel walls.
Types (size of vessels)
small-vessel vasculitis
medium-sized vessel vasculitis
large-vessel vasculitis
Types (morphology)
acute vasculitis
chronic vasculitis
- lymphocytic vasculitis
- eosinophilic vasculitis
- granulomatous vasculitis
necrotizing vasculitis
Localization
cutaneous vasculitis
renal vasculitis
digestive vasculitis
pulmonary vasculitis
cerebral vasculitis
Etiology
infectious vasculitis
- viral vasculitis
- bacterial vasculitis
- fungal vasculitis
immune vasculitis
References
Weyand CM, Goronzy JJ. Medium- and large-vessel vasculitis.
N Engl J Med. 2003 Jul 10;349(2):160-9. PMID: 12853590
Jennette JC, Falk RJ. Small-vessel vasculitis. N Engl J Med. 1997 Nov 20;337(21):1512-23. PMID: 9366584