'韦格纳肉芽肿'重新命名

摘要

2011年,美国风湿病学会、美国肾脏病学会及欧洲风湿病学会联合提出将"韦格纳肉芽肿"更名为"肉芽肿性多血管炎",本文对于该疾病命名的历史沿革,病理学特征及与其他血管炎的关系进行论述,新命名更能反映出本病的临床和病理生理学特征,指引研究方向.%The Boards of Directors of the American College of Rheumatology, the American Society of Nephrology, and the European League Against Rheumatism recommend a gradual shift from honorific eponyms to disease descriptive or etiology-based nomenclature. The alternative name for Wegener' s granulomatosis is granulomatosis with polyangiitis ( Wegener' s ).