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Encyclopedia: Vasculitis

In medicine, vasculitis (plural: vasculitides) is a group of diseases featuring inflammation of the wall of blood vessels including veins (phlebitis), arteries (arteritis) and capillaries due to leukocyte migration and resultant damage. While most vasculitides are rare, they generally affect several organ systems and can cause severe disability.

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How to say "Vasculitis" in other languages:

	(Japanese)	血管炎
	(German)	Vaskulitis
	(French)	Vasculite

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Panniculitis

vasculitis. There are thus four main histological subtypes: lobular panniculitis without vasculitis... panniculitis with vasculitis septal panniculitis without vasculitis septal panniculitis with vasculitis Panniculitis can also be classified based on the presence or absence of systemic symptoms...

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Raynaud's phenomenon

In medicine, Raynaud's phenomenon is discoloration of the fingers or toes due to emotion or cold in a characteristic pattern in time: white, blue and red. It is associated with a large number of diseases (mainly forms of vasculitis and hence belonging to rheumatology), but is idiopathic in most...

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Raynaud's disease

arthritis or vasculitis and conduct a number of laboratory tests before diagnosing Raynaud's...

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malformations of the brain Vascular malposition Vascular purpura Vasculitis hypersensitivity Vasculitis...

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Anatomical pathology

malignant. Vasculitis is usually diagnosed on biopsy. Procedures The procedures used in anatomical...

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Aseptic bone necrosis

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Henoch-Schönlein purpura

purpura ) is a form of vasculitis that mainly affects children. Its course is generally benign... levels are normal (in other vasculitis syndromes these can be consumed and therefore low). Rarely, a... is indistinguishable from IgA nephritis. Pathophysiology HSP is a form of vasculitis that is...

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Rheumatology

vasculitis polyarteritis nodosa Henoch-Schönlein purpura serum sickness Wegener's granulomatosis...

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Temporal arteritis

vasculitis, indicating the type of cells infiltrating and damaging the vessels. The disorder may coexist...

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Juvenile dermatomyositis

vasculitis. In the United States, the incidence rate of JDM is approximately 3 cases per million... vasculitis caused by JDM manifests itself predominantly in two ways. One is a distinctive rash. The... disease. The second symptom caused by vasculitis is muscle inflammation. This symptom is the source...

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