Systemic Vasculitis
Systemic Vasculitis — Internal Medicine
How it begins
Clasificación de Chapel Hill 2012, fisiopatología inmune, diagnóstico diferencial y tratamiento basado en evidencia de las principales vasculitis sistémicas primarias y secundarias, con especial énfasis en las vasculitis ANCA-asociadas, vasculitis de grandes vasos y síndromes de vasculitis de pequeño vaso.
What it covers
- Introduction, Classification and Pathophysiology
- · 1.1 Chapel Hill Classification — Nomenclature 2012
- · 1.2 ANCA — Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies
- Large Vessel Vasculitis
- · 2.1 Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) — Horton's Arteritis
- · 2.2 Takayasu arteritis (TA)
- Medium Vessel Vasculitis
- · 3.1 Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN)
- · 3.2 Kawasaki disease
- ANCA-Associated Vasculitis (AAV)
- · 4.1 Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA / Wegener)
- · 4.2 Microscopic Polyangiitis (MAP)
- · 4.3 Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GEPA / Churg-Strauss)
- Vasculitis due to Small Vessel Immune Complexes
- · 5.1 IgA Vasculitis (Henoch-Schönlein Purpura, VIgA)
- · 5.2 Cryoglobulinemic Vasculitis
- · 5.3 Anti-GBM Disease (Goodpasture Syndrome)
- Variable Vessel Vasculitis — Behçet and Cogan
- · 6.1 Behçet's disease
- · 6.2 Cogan syndrome
- Differential Diagnosis of Systemic Vasculitis
- Immunosuppressive Treatment — Principles and Protocols
- · 8.1 Induction of Remission in AAV
- · 8.2 Remission Maintenance
- · 8.3 Biological Therapy in Vasculitis — Summary of Evidence
- Complications, Prognosis and Follow-up
- · 9.1 Activity and Damage Tools
- · 9.2 Treatment Toxicity — Common Complications
- · 9.3 Prognosis of the Main Vasculitis
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- Subject
- Internal Medicine
- Category
- Clinical Specialties
- Type
- Study Guide
- Sections
- 29
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-02