Pulmonary vasculitis

Pulmonary vasculitis encompasses inflammation in the pulmonary vasculature with involved vessels varying in caliber from large elastic arteries to capillaries. Small pulmonary capillaries are the vessels most commonly involved in vasculitis affecting the lung. The antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inRheumatic diseases clinics of North America Vol. 41; no. 2; p. 315
Main Authors Lally, Lindsay, Spiera, Robert F
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.05.2015
Subjects
Humans
Lung - blood supply
Lung Diseases - diagnosis
Lung Diseases - immunology
Vasculitis - diagnosis
Vasculitis - immunology
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener)
Microscopic polyangiitis
Takayasu arteritis
Behçet syndrome
ANCA-associated vasculitis
Antiglomerular basement membrane disease
Antiphospholipid syndrome
Online AccessGet more information

Cover

More Information
Summary:Pulmonary vasculitis encompasses inflammation in the pulmonary vasculature with involved vessels varying in caliber from large elastic arteries to capillaries. Small pulmonary capillaries are the vessels most commonly involved in vasculitis affecting the lung. The antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitides, which include granulomatosis with polyangiitis (formerly Wegener granulomatosis), microscopic polyangiitis, and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (formerly Churg-Strauss syndrome), are the small vessel vasculitides in which pulmonary vasculitis is most frequently observed and are the major focus of this review. Vasculitic involvement of the large pulmonary vessels as may occur in Behçet syndrome and Takayasu arteritis is also discussed.
ISSN:1558-3163
DOI:10.1016/j.rdc.2015.01.004