PART 15: Disorders of the Joints and Adjacent Tissues
SECTION 2 Disorders of Immune-Mediated Injury
326 The Vasculitis Syndromes
![]() | 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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