Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Aortitis is most commonly seen in patients with syphilis, autoimmune vasculitis (giant cell arteritis, Takayasu's arteritis), polymyalgia rheumatica, and rheumatoid arthritis. [2] IgG4-related disease has more recently been identified as a cause of aortitis, and also as a cause of periaortitis (inflammation surrounding the aorta). [3]
Systemic venous angiitis or vasculitis is an inflammatory disease of the blood vessels walls, secondary to autoimmune diseases. It is essentially a T helper cell driven reaction, recruited by dendritic cells. The vascular impact can affect the blood circulation in the veins and thus give rise to the syndrome of Hughes-Stovin.
Prior disease including ankylosing spondylitis, [5] [9] autoimmune vasculitis, [2] and Guillain-Barré syndrome [2] have been known to cause arachnoiditis. Chemical causes include morphine, [ 10 ] myelograms with oil-based radiographic contrast agents, [ 10 ] phenolic solutions, [ 11 ] chlorhexidine, [ 12 ] epidural injection of steroids and ...
Takayasu's arteritis (TA), also known as aortic arch syndrome, nonspecific aortoarteritis, and pulseless disease, [2] is a form of large vessel granulomatous vasculitis [3] with massive intimal fibrosis and vascular narrowing, most commonly affecting young or middle-aged women of Asian descent, though anyone can be affected.
Necrotizing vasculitis, also called systemic necrotizing vasculitis, [1] is a general term for the inflammation of veins and arteries that develops into necrosis and narrows the vessels. [ 2 ] Tumors , medications, allergic reactions , and infectious organisms are some of the recognized triggers for these conditions, even though the precise ...
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.
Vasculitis can impact all types of people, but certain risk factors occur depending on the type of the vasculitis. Giant cell arteritis tends to occur in people over 50, according to Mayo Clinic.
Giant cell arteritis (GCA), also called temporal arteritis, is an inflammatory autoimmune disease of large blood vessels. [4] [7] Symptoms may include headache, pain over the temples, flu-like symptoms, double vision, and difficulty opening the mouth. [3]