When vasculitis is not vasculitis.
Conditions that mask or mimic vascular inflammation are many, the paths to diagnostic distinction are varied, and the prognostic and therapeutic consequences of misreading the signposts are profound. Six cases illustrate.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D000795:Fabry Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology