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==Takayasu's arteritis==
==Takayasu's arteritis==
===General===
===General===
Features:<ref>PBoD P.538.</ref>
Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD538>{{Ref PBoD|538}}</ref>
*Disease of medium/large arteries.
*Disease of medium/large arteries.
**Classically involves the aortic arch (leading to decreased pulses in the upper limbs).
**Classically involves the aortic arch (leading to decreased pulses in the upper limbs).
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===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref>PBoD P.538.</ref>
Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD538>{{Ref PBoD|538}}</ref>
*Adventitial mononuclear infiltrate with perivascular cuffing of the vasa vasorum.
*Adventitial mononuclear infiltrate with perivascular cuffing of the vasa vasorum.
*Mononuclear inflammation in media.
*Mononuclear inflammation in media.
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Notes:
Notes:
*Pulmonary hemorrhage syndromes:<ref>PBoD p.745.</ref>
*Pulmonary hemorrhage syndromes:<ref name=Ref_PBoD745>{{Ref PBoD|745}}</ref>
**Goodpasture syndrome.
**Goodpasture syndrome.
**Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis.
**Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis.
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===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:
Features:
*Granulomas typically poorly formed.<ref>PBoD p.747.</ref>
*Granulomas typically poorly formed.<ref name=Ref_PBoD747>{{Ref PBoD|747}}</ref>


Image: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/pulmonary_pathology/3734403695/ Wegener's granulomatosis (flickr.com)].
Image: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/pulmonary_pathology/3734403695/ Wegener's granulomatosis (flickr.com)].
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