%0 Journal Article
%T Pulmonary vasculitis
%A Ana Casal
%A Jorge Ricoy
%A Juan D¨ªaz-Garel
%A Luis Vald¨¦s
%A Mar¨ªa E. Toubes
%A Tara Pereiro
%J SCIE-indexed Journal
%D 2018
%R 10.21037/jtd.2018.08.117
%X Vasculitides are a heterogeneous group of diseases characterised by the inflammation and destruction of vessel walls, which reduces blood flow into tissues. These diseases are classified according to the affected organ and size of the vessels involved (1-4). Vasculitides can be primary or secondary to connective tissue disease, infection, neoplasm, or to a state of hypersensitivity (5). Primary vasculitides are rare diseases with an approximate incidence of 20¨C100 cases/million/year and a prevalence of 150¨C450 cases/million (5-7). Small-vessel vasculitides associated with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs) generally affect the lungs
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