title: Conditions in subjects with rheumatic diseases: pulmonary manifestations of vasculitides.
abstract: Pulmonary involvement is a common complication of vasculitides, especially small vessel vasculitides. This review provides an overview of vasculitic manifestations of the lung as well as of other organs involved in vasculitides. Furthermore, it provides the diagnostic procedures required to asses a patient with vasculitic lung involvement and gives an overview of current treatment strategies.
authors: Vasculitis Center, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck and Klinikum Bad Bramstedt, Germany. hollejulia@hotmail.com
authors: Julia U
authors: JU
authors: Holle
authors: Frank
authors: F
authors: Moosig
authors: Klaus
authors: K
authors: Dalhoff
authors: Wolfgang L
authors: WL
authors: Gross
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy