Pulmonary angiitis and granulomatosis

Pulmonary angiitis and granulomatosis refers to group of conditions where there is a vascular (angiitis) as well as granulomatous component. At least five distinct clinical syndromes are known, which include:

• eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (previously known as Churg-Strauss syndrome)
• bronchocentric granulomatosis
• granulomatosis with polyangiitis (previously known as Wegener granulomatosis)
• lymphomatoid granulomatosis
• necrotizing sarcoid granulomatosis

See also

• granulomatous lung disease
• pulmonary vasculitides