Connective Tissue Disorder-Associated Vasculitis.
Vasculitides secondary to connective tissue diseases are classified under the category of 'vasculitis associated with systemic disease' in the revised International Chapel Hill Consensus Conference (CHCC) nomenclature. These secondary vasculitides may affect any of the small, medium or large vessels and usually portend a poor prognosis. Any organ system can be involved and the presentation would vary depending upon that involvement. Treatment depends upon the type and severity of presentation. In this review, we describe secondary vasculitis associated with rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, sarcoidosis, relapsing polychondritis, systemic sclerosis, Sjogren's syndrome and idiopathic inflammatory myositis, focusing mainly on recent advances in the past 3 years.
Department of Internal Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, 160012. amansharma74@yahoo.com.
Aman
A
Sharma
Department of Internal Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, 160012.
Aadhaar
A
Dhooria
Department of Internal Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, 160012.
Ashish
A
Aggarwal
Department of Nephrology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Manish
M
Rathi
Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, & Division of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Centre for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Vinod
V
Chandran
D003240:Connective Tissue Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications; D009220:Myositis / Q000150:complications; D011081:Polychondritis, Relapsing / Q000150:complications; D056653:Rheumatoid Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*
CTD-associated vasculitis; Lupus vasculitis; Rheumatoid vasculitis; Sarcoid vasculitis; Secondary vasculitis; Systemic sclerosis-associated vasculitis