The hypothesis that immunity and inflammation participate in the pathogenesis of vascular diseases has now gained widespread recognition and stimulated work around the globe. Broadening knowledge has extended the recognition of the role of immune and inflammatory mechanisms to all of the layers of the ...
Vasculitis.In this group of autoimmune diseases, your immune system attacks and damages blood vessels. Vasculitis can affect any organ, so symptoms vary widely and can happen almost anywhere in your body. Treatment involves reducing immune system activity, usually with prednisone or another corticostero...
call your vet for an examination. A dog bruise may indicate he's suffering from a bleeding disorder or an underlying condition of which bruising is a symptom. The latter includes diabetes, Cushing's disease, vasculitis, leukemia, bone marrow cancer, or kidney or liver disease. ...
Other infectious agents are associated with vasculitis less frequently, although data on this are incomplete. A variety of conditions may present with clinical findings that look like vasculitis, eg, cholesterol embolism, cardiac myxoma embolism, and arterial fibromuscular dysplasia. These need to be ...
Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the western world. Each year, approximately 500,000 people in the United States experience a stroke; for 150,000 of them the outcome is fatal. The US National Health Interview Survey indicates that the preval
Bats are natural reservoirs of a large variety of viruses, including many important zoonotic viruses that cause severe diseases in humans and domestic animals. However, the understanding of the viral population and the ecological diversity residing in bat populations is unclear, which complicates the ...
[9]. Additionally, choroidoretinitis and panuveitis were observed in the presence of AS, although they were less common than iridocyclitis [10]. The other ophthalmic diseases related to the AS are papillitis, retinal vasculitis, vitritis, cystoid macular edema, pars plana exudate and ...
Findings include a systemic vasculitis with extensive thrombosis, endothelial cell damage, necrosis, and syncytial giant cell formation in affected vessels (Figures 13-13A,B). Multinucleated giant cells with intranuclear inclusions can occasionally be seen in lung, spleen, lymph nodes, and kidneys. ...
The Italian physician and anatomist Gabriele Falloppio provided the first detailed and accurate description of the oviducts in humans in 1561 A.D. and designated it the “Uteri Tuba” [88]. This organ was eventually named after him. Since that time, a wi
Your immune system is supposed to protect you from germs that can make you sick. But sometimes, it can start to attack you instead. Autoimmune diseases of the brain include: Central nervous system (CNS) vasculitis.Blood vessels anywhere in your body can become inflamed and swollen for several...