Expert Perspectives on Pathological Findings in Vasculitis.

Pathological findings are important in the diagnosis of vasculitis. However, due to the rarity of the disease, standard textbooks usually devote only a few pages to this topic, and this makes it difficult for clinicians not specializing in vasculitis to fully understand the pathological findings in vasculitis. To address the paucity of information, we present representative pathological findings in vasculitis classified in the 2012 Revised International Chapel Hill Consensus Conference Nomenclature of Vasculitides (CHCC2012). The CHCC2012 classifies 26 vasculitides into seven categories: (1) large vessel vasculitis, (2) medium vessel vasculitis, (3) small vessel vasculitis, including antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis and immune complex small vessel vasculitis, (4) variable vessel vasculitis, (5) single-organ vasculitis, (6) vasculitis associated with systemic disease, and (7) vasculitis associated with probable etiology. Moreover, representative pathological findings of vasculitis-related diseases and non-inflammatory vasculopathy not mentioned in the CHCC2012 are also presented. This will be useful for clinicians to refer for typical pathological findings of vasculitis in daily practice. © Japan College of Rheumatology 2022. Published by Oxford University Press.