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Vasculitis
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Definition
: Inflammation of any one of the blood vessels, including the ARTERIES; VEINS; and rest of the vasculature system in the body.
general or unspecified; consider SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; ARTERITIS; or PHLEBITIS & their indentions; VASCULITIS, HEMORRHAGIC see PURPURA, SCHOENLEIN-HENOCH is also available
Examples
Aortitis
;
Arteritis
;
Behcet Syndrome
;
Cogan Syndrome
;
Malignant Atrophic Papulosis
;
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome
;
Phlebitis
;
Purpura, Schoenlein-Henoch
;
Retinal Vasculitis
;
Shwartzman Phenomenon
;
Systemic Vasculitis
;
Thromboangiitis Obliterans
;
Vasculitis, Central Nervous System
;
Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous
Other names
Angiitis; Vasculitides; Angiitides