To most physicians,'vasculitis' connotes an immune-mediated disease. Yet, strictly speaking,
the term simply means inflammation of the vessel wall, regardless of the cause. Confusion …

The diagnosis of vasculitis requires careful assessment of all available clinical, laboratory,
radiologic and pathologic information, and consideration of many competing differential …

Vasculitis is a clinicopathologic process characterized by inflammation and necrosis of
blood vessels. Certain disorders have vasculitis as the predominant and most obvious …

Vasculitis is true inflammatory disease of the blood vessels. It may be generalized (systemic)
or localized (isolated); and it may arise de novo as an essential disorder of the blood vessels …

The aetiology of the primary systemic vasculitides remains obscure. Recent years have seen
significant advances in our understanding of relevant mechanisms of inflammation and in …

A variety of common and uncommon nonvasculitic disorders may mimic vasculitis clinically,
angiographically, or even histologically. These are the vasculitis simulators and vasculitis …

Introduction Vasculitis conditions are often serious and sometimes fatal diseases, therefore it
is paramount to diagnose correctly and treat appropriately. Mimics of primary vasculitis can …

Vasculitis is an inflammatory process that affects the vessel wall as the primary site of
inflammation. This process causes damage to the vessel wall and fibrinoid necrosis, it leads …

The terminology 'systemic vasculitis' encompasses an array of conditions characterized by
inflammation of blood vessels of varying size that without recognition and treatment can lead …

Vasculitis is pathologically identified as specific cellular inflammation, vessel destruction,
and tissue necrosis. Current classifications of vasculitis such as the Chapel Hill …