title: Vasculitis.
abstract: Vasculitis may be defined as damage to blood vessels induced by pathologic processes, resulting in compromise of function of the organ in which the blood vessels reside. A large number of syndromes and disease processes exist in which vasculitis plays a key role. Selected vasculitic syndromes of special interest to dermatologists are discussed in this article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Lawley
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kubota
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009336:Necrosis; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D018366:Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology