Vasculitis classification: Difference between revisions

	Vasculitis
Overview
Classification Large-sized vessel vasculitis Takayasu's Arteritis Temporal Arteritis Medium-sized vessel vasculitis Kawasaki's Disease Polyarteritis Nodosa Small-sized vessel vasculitis Churg-Strauss Syndrome Cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis Essential cryoglobulinemic vasculitis Henoch-Schonlein Purpura Microscopic polyangiitis Wegener's Granulomatosis Variable-sized vessel vasculitis Sjogren syndrome Cogan syndrome Single organ vasculitis Primary central nervous system angiitis
Causes
Differential Diagnosis

Revision as of 07:40, 31 August 2012

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor-In-Chief: M.Umer Tariq [2]

Vasculitides can be classified by the size of the blood vessel that they predominantly affect.^[1]

There are several vasculitides that affect small vessels.^[2]

Vasculitis secondary to connective tissue disorders

Vasculitis secondary to viral infection

↑ Jennette JC, Falk RJ, Andrassy K; et al. (1994). "Nomenclature of systemic vasculitides. Proposal of an international consensus conference". Arthritis Rheum. 37 (2): 187–92. PMID 8129773.
↑ Jennette JC, Falk RJ (1997). "Small-vessel vasculitis". N. Engl. J. Med. 337 (21): 1512–23. PMID 9366584.

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 '''[[Churg-Strauss syndrome|Churg-Strauss arteritis]]'''
 '''[[microscopic polyangiitis|Microscopic polyarteritis/polyangiitis]]'''
 '''[[Hypersensitivity vasculitis]]'''
 '''[[Henoch-Schonlein purpura]]'''
 '''[[Essential cryoglobulinemic vasculitis]]'''
 '''Vasculitis secondary to connective tissue disorders'''
 '''Vasculitis secondary to viral infection'''