How can vasculitides be classified according to vessel size?

Inflammations of the blood vessels can be classified as follows: 

• Small-vessel vasculitis:

1. Churg-Strauss arteritis
2. Wegener granulomatosis
3. Microscopic polyangiitis
4. Henoch-Schönlein purpura
5. Essential cryoglobulinemic vasculitis
6. Hypersensitivity vasculitis
7. Viral-associated vasculitis
8. Rheumatic-associated vasculitis

• Medium-vessel vasculitis:

1. Polyarteritis nodosa
2. Kawasaki disease
3. CNS vasculitis
4. Raynaud's vasculitis

• Large-vessel vasculitis:

1. Takayasu arteritis
2. Giant cell arteritis

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