Description
This purpose of this article is to discuss the ocular and systemic features and the investigation of the more common vasculitides: namely giant cell arteritis, polyarteritis nodosa, Wegeners granulomatosis, microscopic polyangiitis, Churg-Strauss, relapsing polychondritis and systemic lupus
erythematosis. Rarer vasculitides including Takayasus aortitis, Goodpastures disease, Henoch-Schonlein purpura, hypersensitivity vasculitis and cryoglobulinaemic vasculitis are discussed in tabulated format. Conditions that have vasculitis as a secondary feature eg rheumatoid arthritis are
not included in this paper.
