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Vasculitis

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vasculitides

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

- necrotizing vasculitis

Localization

- cutaneous vasculitis
- renal vasculitis
- digestive vasculitis
- pulmonary vasculitis
- cerebral vasculitis

Etiology

- infectious 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

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