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

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

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 ==Classification==
-Vasculitides can be classified by the size of the blood vessel that they predominantly affect.<ref name="pmid8129773">{{cite journal |author=Jennette JC, Falk RJ, Andrassy K, ''et al'' |title=Nomenclature of systemic vasculitides. Proposal of an international consensus conference |journal=Arthritis Rheum. |volume=37 |issue=2 |pages=187-92 |year=1994 |pmid=8129773 |doi=}}</ref>
-===Large vessel vasculitis===
-* [[Takayasu arteritis]]
-* [[temporal arteritis|Giant cell (temporal) arteritis]]
-===Medium vessel vasculitis===
-* [[Polyarteritis nodosa]]
-* [[Wegener's granulomatosis]]
-* [[Kawasaki disease]]
-===Small vessel vasculitis===
-There are several vasculitides that affect small vessels.<ref name="pmid9366584">{{cite journal |author=Jennette JC, Falk RJ |title=Small-vessel vasculitis |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=337 |issue=21 |pages=1512-23 |year=1997 |pmid=9366584 |doi=}}</ref>
-* [[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
 ==References==
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