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Vasculitis is a term used to describe a group of uncommon diseases which produce inflammatory changes and necrosis in the blood vessel walls. Loss of integrity leads to bleeding and compromise of the lumen leads to tissue ischemia and necrosis [1]. In 1994, the definition of vasculitis was proposed at an international consensus conference as “Vasculitis is the inflammation of vessel wall, resulting in vascular damage and a wide variety of clinical signs and symptoms” [2].

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  1. Department of Vascular Surgery, National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Shantonu Kumar Ghosh

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  1. Institute of Medical Sciences, Department of Surgery, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

    Ajay K. Khanna

  2. Institute of Medical Sciences, Department of General Surgery, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

    Satyendra Kumar Tiwary

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Ghosh, S.K. (2023). Vasculitis. In: Khanna, A.K., Tiwary, S.K. (eds) Uncommon Ulcers of the Extremities. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1782-2_21

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