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*[[Giant cell arteritis]] (AKA ''temporal arteritis''). | *[[Giant cell arteritis]] (AKA ''temporal arteritis''). | ||
*[[Takayasu's arteritis]]. | *[[Takayasu's arteritis]]. | ||
===Grouping by hypersensitivity=== | |||
Cell-mediated [[hypersensitivity]]:<ref name=indian_guy>URL: [http://dermind.tripod.com/vasculitis.htm http://dermind.tripod.com/vasculitis.htm]. Accessed on: 30 April 2012.</ref> | |||
*Giant cell arteritis. | |||
*Takayasu arteritis. | |||
*Churg-Strauss disease. | |||
*Wegener’s granulomatosis. | |||
Note: | |||
*All have granulomas. | |||
[[Immune complex mediated hypersensitivity]]:<ref name=indian_guy>URL: [http://dermind.tripod.com/vasculitis.htm http://dermind.tripod.com/vasculitis.htm]. Accessed on: 30 April 2012.</ref> | |||
*Polyarteritis nodosa. | |||
*Microscopic polyangiitis.{{fact}} | |||
*Leukocytoclastic vasculitis.{{fact}} | |||
**Henoch-Schonlein purpura. | |||
==Pathologist's role in the diagnosis of vasculitis== | ==Pathologist's role in the diagnosis of vasculitis== | ||