vasculitis system

Vasculitis system (SW) - a group of diseases characterized by systemic vascular lesions with inflammatory reaction of the vascular wall. Distinguish primary NE, in which new systems of vascular disease is a distinct disease, and secondary NE, developing on the background of any infectious, allergic, or other diseases. In some cases, secondary OB can acquire essential in the clinical picture of the disease, such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic scleroderma. The main nosological forms of primary SW: hemorrhagic vasculitis, giant cell temporal arteritis, Wegener's granulomatosis, thromboangiitis obliterans, Goodpasture's syndrome, Takayasu's arteritis, periarteritis nodosa.