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pulmonary vasculitis

Types according to lesional pattern

- granulomatous vasculitis

Types according to the etiology

- ’idiopathic’ pulmonary vasculitis

Types according to frequency

- idiopathic vasculitis syndromes that commonly affect the lung

- idiopathic vasculitis syndromes that commonly affect the lung

- miscellaneous systemic disorders

  • classic sarcoidosis
  • collagen vascular disease
  • inflammatory bowel disease
  • malignancy

- diffuse pulmonary hemorrhage syndrome

- secondary or localized vasculitis

  • pulmonary infection
  • bronchiocentric granulomatosis
  • pulmonary hypertension
  • interstitial lung diseases
    • chronic eosniphilic pneumonia
    • Langerhans cell histiocytosis
  • inflammatory pseudotumors
  • sequestration
  • embolic material (intravenous drug abuse0
  • drugs
  • toxic substance
  • transplantation
  • radiation

- vascular involvment in lymphoproliferative disorders

  • lymphomatoid granulomatosi (angiocentric immunoproliferative lesion)
  • non-Hodgkin lymphoma
  • intravascular malignant lymphoma