Vasculitis
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Citation:
Gaillard F, Silverstone L, Walizai T, et al. Vasculitis. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 21 Mar 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-2260
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At the time the article was created Frank Gaillard had no recorded disclosures.
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At the time the article was last revised Liz Silverstone had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.
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Systems:
Synonyms:
- Vasculitides
- Arteritis
- Vasculitides - general
- Infective or inflammatory vascular conditions
Vasculitis describes generalised inflammation of vessels. Vasculitides carry a broad range of clinical presentations and as a whole can involve almost any organ system.
Pathology
Some vasculitides are due to direct vessel injury from an infectious agent. However, a large proportion show evidence of immune complex related vessel wall injury.
Classification
There are many, often overlapping, types of classification:
See also
References
- 1. Connolly B, Manson D, Eberhard A, Laxer R, Smith C. CT Appearance of Pulmonary Vasculitis in Children. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1996;167(4):901-4. doi:10.2214/ajr.167.4.8819379 - Pubmed
- 2. Ha H, Lee S, Rha S et al. Radiologic Features of Vasculitis Involving the Gastrointestinal Tract. Radiographics. 2000;20(3):779-94. doi:10.1148/radiographics.20.3.g00mc02779 - Pubmed
- 3. Pomper M, Miller T, Stone J, Tidmore W, Hellmann D. CNS Vasculitis in Autoimmune Disease: MR Imaging Findings and Correlation with Angiography. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1999;20(1):75-85. - Pubmed
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Cases:
- Large vessel vasculitis
- Acute cerebral infarction due to MCA stenosis caused by vasculitis
- Thoracic manifestations of Behcet disease
- Takayasu arteritis
- Cerebral eosinophilic granulomatosis vasculitis
- Takayasu arteritis
- Gastrointestinal vasculitis
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- Small bowel infarction
- HSP vasculitis
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