Vasculitis
| Definition: |
Inflammation of a blood vessel. |
| Notes: |
inflamm of blood vessels only; GEN or unspecified; consider ARTERITIS or PHLEBITIS & their indentions; hemorrhagic vasculitis = PURPURA, SCHOENLEIN-HENOCH |
| Previously Indexed: |
Arteritis (1966-1977),Periarteritis Nodosa (1966-1977) |
Vasculitis Categories.
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Churg-Strauss Syndrome - Widespread necrotizing angiitis with granulomas. Pulmonary involvement is frequent. Asthma or other respiratory infection may precede evidence of vasculitis. Eosinophilia and lung involvement differentiate this disease from POLYARTERITIS NODOSA. |
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Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - An acute, febrile, mucocutaneous condition accompanied by swelling of cervical lymph nodes in infants and young children. The principal symptoms are fever, congestion of the ocular conjunctivae, reddening of the lips and oral cavity, protuberance of tongue papillae, and edema or erythema of the extremities. |
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Vasculitis, Hypersensitivity - Heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by a vasculitic syndrome presumed to be associated with a hypersensitivity reaction following exposure to an antigen such as an infectious agent, a drug, or other foreign or endogenous substance (Wilson et al, Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 12th ed, p1459). |
Vasculitis Definitions and Terms
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