Stefano Palmucci, Corrado Inì, Salvatore Cosentino, Luigi Fanzone, Stefano Di Pietro, Alessia Di Mari, Federica Galioto, Francesco Tiralongo, Giovanna Vignigni, Stefano Toscano, Gianluca Sambataro, Carlo Vancheri, Giulio Distefano, Antonio Basile
Vasculitides represent a heterogeneous group of immune-mediated disorders, characterized by a systemic inflammatory destructive process of the blood vessels resulting either in ischemia or hemorrhage. The organ involved and vessel size influence the pattern of presentation of the pathology. The lung is commonly involved in systemic vasculitides, with heterogeneous clinical, radiological, and histopathological presentations. Primary vasculitides most commonly associated with lung parenchymal involvement include small-vessel antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitides, such as granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), and microscopic polyangiitis (MPA)...
December 9, 2021: Diagnostics