On the Nomenclature of Vasculitides

Q: 2012 International Chapel Hill Consensus Conference (CHCC2012) is about Nomenclature of? (Select one)

A) Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
B) Vasculitides
C) Viral encephalitis
D) Obstetric emergencies 
E) Acute Lymphocytic Lymphoma


Answer: B

 International Chapel Hill Consensus Conference on the Nomenclature of Vasculitides, popularly known as CHCC2012 divide and define various vasculitis on the basis of 

• Large-vessel vasculitis
• Medium-vessel vasculitis
• Small-vessel vasculitis
• Variable-vessel vasculitis
• Single-organ vasculitis
• Vasculitis associated with systemic disease
• Vasculitis associated with probable etiology

Related detailed article: http://medecine.ulb.ac.be/ftpupload/Chapel-Hill%202012.pdf   

Reference:

Jennette JC, Falk RJ, Bacon PA, et al. 2012 revised International Chapel Hill Consensus Conference Nomenclature of Vasculitides. Arthritis Rheum 2013; 65:1.