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  2. Vasculitis - Wikipedia

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    Vasculitis is a group of disorders that destroy blood vessels by inflammation. [2] Both arteries and veins are affected. Lymphangitis (inflammation of lymphatic vessels) is sometimes considered a type of vasculitis. [3] Vasculitis is primarily caused by leukocyte migration and resultant damage.

  3. Cryoglobulinemic vasculitis - Wikipedia

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    Cryoglobulinemic vasculitis is a form of inflammation affecting the blood vessels caused by the deposition of abnormal proteins called cryoglobulins.These immunoglobulin proteins are soluble at normal body temperatures, but become insoluble below 37 °C (98.6 °F) and subsequently may aggregate within smaller blood vessels.

  4. Arteritis - Wikipedia

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    It can also show the blood flow within the blood vessels. [4] Ultrasonography is a popular first-line investigation for diagnosis because it is relatively quick, cheap, noninvasive, and does not expose patients to radiation. [4] It is also used for long-term monitoring of disease progression in Takayasu arteritis.

  5. Inflammation - Wikipedia

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    Neutrophils migrate from blood vessels to the infected tissue via chemotaxis, where they remove pathogens through phagocytosis and degranulation Inflammation is a process by which the body's white blood cells and substances they produce protect us from infection with foreign organisms, such as bacteria and viruses. The (phagocytes) white blood ...

  6. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis - Wikipedia

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    According to the Chapel Hill Consensus Conference (CHCC) on the nomenclature of systemic vasculitis (1992), establishing the diagnosis of GPA demands: [22] a granulomatous inflammation involving the respiratory tract, and; a vasculitis of small to medium-size vessels. Several investigators have compared the ACR and Chapel Hill criteria. [23]

  7. Cerebral vasculitis - Wikipedia

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    Diagnosis of primary CNS vasculitis may be made with brain imaging and biopsy of the affected blood vessel. The most definitive diagnostic modality is a biopsy of the affected blood vessel however brain biopsy has a low yield, with up to 30-50% of biopsies being normal in suspected cases. [5]

  8. Polyarteritis nodosa - Wikipedia

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    Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a systemic necrotizing inflammation of blood vessels (vasculitis) affecting medium-sized muscular arteries, typically involving the arteries of the kidneys and other internal organs but generally sparing the lungs' circulation. [3]

  9. Systemic inflammation - Wikipedia

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    Chronic systemic inflammation (SI) is the result of release of pro-inflammatory cytokines from immune-related cells and the chronic activation of the innate immune system.It can contribute to the development or progression of certain conditions such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, autoimmune and neurodegenerative ...