Pulmonary vasculitis

Pulmonary vasculitis.

This review summarizes the radiological manifestations of the vasculitides of proven or presumed immunologic origin in which the inflammatory reaction is directed primarily against the vessel wall. These include Wegener's granulomatosis, Churg-Strauss syndrome, Takayasu's arteritis, Behçet's syndrome, Goodpasture's syndrome, and microscopic polyangiitis. Chest radiography is used routinely in t...

Isolated Pulmonary Vasculitis.

Pulmonary affectation of vasculitis.

Respiratory tract affectation is frequent in some types of vasculitis, fundamentally in those associated with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA). The clinical, radiological and histopathological presentation is also heterogeneous and conditions the evolution. It is therefore necessary to establish an early diagnosis based on the symptoms because, thanks to new treatments, and despite...

Cutaneous Vasculitis and Pulmonary Symptoms

A 45-year-old Japanese man with Sjogren's syndrome developed recurrent skin ulcers, palpable purpura, and dyspnea. Serum mixed-type cryoglobulin level was elevated. A biopsy of his skin lesion showedthe characteristic leukocytoclastic vasculitis of mixed-type cryoglobulinemia. Dyspnea, skin ulcers, and purpura resolved along with a reduction in the serum cryoglobulin level after prednisolone ad...

Cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis accompanied by pulmonary tuberculosis.

We report the case of a 50-year-old male with a rare combination: pulmonary tuberculosis and cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis. The patient sought emergency treatment presenting with headache, arthralgia, cutaneous rash, and weight loss (4 kg) in the last 20 days. A chest X-ray, performed in a previous outpatient visit, revealed cavitation in the middle and upper lobes of the right lung, as...