loading...| Preferred Name |
Vasculitis |
| ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C26912 |
| ALT_DEFINITION |
Inflammation of a blood vessel. An inflammatory process involving the wall of either arteries or veins, often classified by vessel size (large, medium, or small). The characteristic histopathology reveals inflammatory cells within the vessel wall accompanied by fibrinoid necrosis. Vasculitis may be the result of an autoimmune disorder, infection, or malignancy. A disorder characterized by inflammation involving the wall of a vessel. |
| code |
C26912 |
| Concept_In_Subset | |
| Contributing_Source |
NICHD |
| DEFINITION |
An inflammatory process involving the wall of the vessels (large, medium, or small-sized vessels). The inflammatory process may cause necrosis or formation of granulomas in the vascular wall. It may be the result of an autoimmune disorder, infection, or malignancy. Representative examples include polyarteritis nodosa, temporal arteritis, Wegener granulomatosis, Kawasaki disease, Takayasu arteritis, and Henoch-Schonlein purpura. |
| Has_NICHD_Parent | |
| label |
Vasculitis |
| Legacy_Concept_Name |
Vasculitis |
| NICHD_Hierarchy_Term |
Vasculitis |
| Preferred_Name |
Vasculitis |
| prefixIRI |
C26912 |
| prefLabel |
Vasculitis |
| Semantic_Type |
Disease or Syndrome |
| UMLS_CUI |
C0042384 |
| subClassOf |