systemic angiitis

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• systemic vasculitis — systemic necrotizing vasculitis any of a group of disorders characterized by inflammation and necrosis of blood vessels, occurring in a broad spectrum of cutaneous and systemic disorders. It includes Churg Strauss syndrome, polyarteritis nodosa,… …   Medical dictionary

• Angiitis — An uncommon inflammation of the blood vessels. There is a group of diseases that involve angiitis. They represent many different conditions. The actual cause of these conditions is usually not known. However, immune system abnormality is a common …   Medical dictionary

• necrotizing angiitis — n NECROTIZING VASCULITIS * * * systemic necrotizing vasculitis …   Medical dictionary

• Churg-Strauss syndrome — chərg strau̇s n granulomatosis that typically affects the lungs but may involve other organs or tissues (as the skin or kidneys), is accompanied by vasculitis, eosinophilia, and asthma, and is sometimes considered to be a variant form of… …   Medical dictionary

• Kawasaki disease — Acute inflammatory disease with systemic angiitis, most commonly occurring in infants and young children. Cause uncertain …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• Churg-Strauss syndrome — a clinical syndrome comprising severe asthma associated with an increased eosinophil count in the peripheral blood and eosinophilic deposits in the small vessels of the lungs. It usually responds to oral corticosteroids. Untreated, it may result… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• List of cutaneous conditions — This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. See also: Cutaneous conditions, Category:Cutaneous conditions, and ICD 10… …   Wikipedia

• Vasculitis — is a general term for a group of uncommon diseases which feature inflammation of the blood vessels. The blood vessels of the body are referred to as the vascular system. The blood vessels are composed of arteries that pass oxygen rich blood to… …   Medical dictionary

• Cerebral vasculitis — Classification and external resources ICD 10 I67.7 ICD 9 437.4 …   Wikipedia

• connective tissue disease — Introduction       any of the diseases that affect human connective tissue. Diseases of the connective tissue can be divided into (1) a group of relatively uncommon genetic disorders (genetic disease, human) that affect the primary structure of… …   Universalium

• syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …   Medical dictionary