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===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features: | Features: | ||
* | *Small vessel vasculitis: | ||
*#Inflammatory cells within the vessel wall. | *#Inflammatory cells within the vessel wall. | ||
*#*[[Granuloma]]s - typically poorly formed.<ref name=Ref_PBoD747>{{Ref PBoD|747}}</ref> | |||
*#Vessel wall injury. | *#Vessel wall injury. | ||
*#*[[Fibrinoid necrosis]]. | *#*[[Fibrinoid necrosis]]. | ||
*[[ | |||
Notes: | |||
*In the lung, the [[granuloma]]s tend to be centrilobular, as the artery travels with the airway and is centrilobular. | |||
Images: | Images: | ||