Vasculitis

Inflammation of vessels inflammatory process causes damage to the vessel wall and fibrinoid necrosis lumen becomes narrow or total occlusion happens due to thrombosis -causing tissue ischaemia and necrosis clinical manifestation depends on (a) size of the vessel involved for e,g small , medium and large (b) one or many organs involved ( c ) site of involvement

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Jatwani S, Goyal A. Vasculitis. [Updated 2021 Aug 11]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2022 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK545186/