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Pages 178-182 (July - August 2009)
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Imaging techniques for the evaluation of systemic manifestations of vasculitis
Técnicas de imagen en la evaluación de las manifestaciones sistémicas de las vasculitis
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Antonio Luna Alcaláa,
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, Inmaculada Rodríguez Jiméneza, Enrique Ramón Botellab
a Servicio de Radiología, Computerizada, Clínica Las Nieves, Jaén, Spain
b Servicio de Radiología, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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Vasculitis create a local inflammatory process in the vessel wall, which determines the different organic manifestations according to vessel size and location. Imaging techniques play a key role in the characterization and detection of large and medium size vessel vasculitis. Imaging is able to detect the vessel wall edema and to monitor the therapeutic response. In small vessel vasculitis, imaging can indirectly analyze the organic and/or systemic manifestations, because at present, none of the imaging techniques has the necessary spatial resolution to directly visualize small vessels.

Keywords:
Vasculitis
Radiological studies
Diagnostic procedures
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Las vasculitis provocan un proceso inflamatorio vascular que determina distintas manifestaciones orgánicas que dependen del calibre del vaso afectado y de su localización. Las técnicas de imagen desempeñan un papel importante en la caracterización y detección de las vasculitis de vasos grandes y medianos, pues son capaces de detectar el edema parietal y de monitorizar la respuesta para el tratamiento. En las vasculitis de vasos pequeños las técnicas de imagen son necesarias para estudiar las diferentes repercusiones orgánicas o sistémicas, ya que en el momento actual ninguna técnica de imagen tiene la resolución espacial suficiente para visualizarlos de forma directa

Palabras clave:
Vasculitis
Estudio radiológico
Técnicas diagnósticas
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