Seventy contributors collaborated with the editors to produce this work on vasculitis and vasculopathies that may mimic inflammatory vessel diseases. The first four chapters deal with classification of vasculitic syndromes and basic scientific information on hypersensitivity, endothelial cell biology, and theories about the pathogenesis of vasculitis. The next seven chapters summarise the clinical manifestations that are common to vasculitides such as cutaneous and mucous membrane, ophthalmological, pulmonary, neurological, and renal manifestations as well as digital ischaemia. Imaging techniques used for the diagnosis of vasculitis are the subject of two chapters. All the vasculitic diseases and syndromes, as well as mimicking diseases and thrombotic syndromes, are then covered in 26 chapters. About half of the contributors are from the United States and the other half from Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. These authors cover the many specialties in internal medicine necessary to collaborate on the diagnostics of vasculitides such as rheumatology, radiology, immunology, dermatology, nephrology, pulmonology, and others.

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