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PART 15: Disorders of the Joints and Adjacent Tissues
SECTION 2   Disorders of Immune-Mediated Injury

326 The Vasculitis Syndromes
Carol A. Langford / Anthony S. Fauci

Figure 326-1  Algorithm for the approach to a patient with suspected diagnosis of vasculitis. PAN, polyarteritis nodosa.
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Figure 326-2  Lung histology in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's). This area of geographic necrosis has a serpiginous border of histiocytes and giant cells surrounding a central necrotic zone. Vasculitis is also present with neutrophils and lymphocytes infiltrating the wall of a small...
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Figure 326-3  Computed tomography scan of a patient with granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's). The patient developed multiple, bilateral, and cavitary infiltrates.
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Figure 326-4  Cerebral arteriogram from a 32-year-old male with central nervous system vasculitis. Dramatic beading (arrow) typical of vasculitis is seen.
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