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'''Vasculitis''' is a general term for inflammation of blood vessel walls, resulting in | contribution = Chapter 17: Vasculitis

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**[[Rheumatoid vasculitis]] 30-50% ...in patients without CREST and scleroderma: association with active digital vasculitis, rheumatic and connective tissue disease.

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ANCA is also seen in [[vasculitis|vasculitides]] such as [[microscopic polyangiitis]] and [[Churg-Strauss syn

'''Microscopic polyangiitis''' is a [[vasculitis]].<ref name="pmid16876669">{{cite journal| author=Bosch X, Guilabert A, Fon

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...nown as allergic granulomatous angiitis, is a granulomatous small-vessel [[vasculitis]]. An elevation in eosinophils is one of the criteria for its diagnosis.<re *histological proof of vasculitis with extravascular eosinophils

...urg-Strauss syndrome''', also called '''allergic granulomatosis''', is a [[vasculitis]] of medium-sized blood vessels, characterized by the triad of [[eosinophil

...lookup?view=long&pmid=15489408 |issn=}}</ref> Causes of neuropathy include vasculitis and compression from granulomas.

It is a characteristic of [[Churg-Strauss syndrome]], a vasculitis with allergic components. Parasitic infections often raise the count.

...ophy. The childhood form of this disease tends to evolve into a systemic [[vasculitis]]. Dermatomyositis may occur in association with malignant neoplasms."<ref>

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...Synovitis]]; [[thrombophlebitis]]; gastrointestinal ulcerations; [[retinal vasculitis]];[[optic atrophy]] and [[meningitis]] may occur as well."<ref>{{MeSH}}</re

* [[Wegener's granulomatosis]] (and many other [[vasculitis]] syndromes)

...d other interference with blood flow including congenital narrowing; and [[vasculitis|vasculitic]] inflammation of blood vessels in the brain or supplying nerves