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Polyarteritis nodosa presenting with severe upper gastrointestinal bleeding: a case report [PDF]
Journal of Medical Case ReportsBackground Polyarteritis nodosa is a relatively uncommon type of systemic necrotizing vasculitis that primarily affects medium-sized arteries. While gastrointestinal involvement is known in polyarteritis nodosa, heavy gastrointestinal bleeding due to ...
Xin-Yue Xiao +7 more
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Case Report: A case of cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa in a child following a streptococcal infection [PDF]
Frontiers in PediatricsBackgroundPolyarteritis nodosa is a rare systemic necrotizing vasculitis that is often overlooked and misdiagnosed in clinical practice. Patients may exhibit fever, rash, myalgia, and further symptoms; in severe instances, this may result in damage to ...
Wei Cheng, Wei Yin, Fan Liu, Wen Yin
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Misdiagnosed for 14 Years: Adenosine Deaminase 2 (ADA2) Deficiency in a Teen Mimicking Polyarteritis Nodosa [PDF]
Clinical Case ReportsThe deficiency of adenosine deaminase 2 (DADA2) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by loss of function mutations in the ADA2 gene (previously the CECR1 gene) on chromosome 22q11.
Mohammadkian Zarafshani +7 more
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Cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa and concurrent pseudoxanthoma elasticum–like phenotype: A case report
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2020 We report a unique case of a patient presenting with histologically confirmed pseudoxanthoma elasticum–like phenotype and cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa. Cardiac, gastroenterological, and ophthalmologic evaluations were within normal limits.
Roxana Mititelu +2 more
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Salmonella infection as a trigger for Polyarteritis Nodosa
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2020 Polyarteritis nodosa is a systemic necrotizing vasculitis that typically affects medium-sized muscular arteries, with occasional involvement of small muscular arteries. Most cases of polyarteritis nodosa are idiopathic but multiple infectious agents have
Pedro Neves Tavares +6 more
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Case report: Polyarteritis nodosa as a substrate for a massive myocardial infarction
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023 This report describes a rare case of a global myocardial infarction caused by severe vasospasm of the coronary arteries secondary to the administration of pyridostigmine in a patient with polyarteritis nodosa (PAN).
Fabio Solis-Jimenez +12 more
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Journal of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery, 2017 Cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa is a rare subtype of polyarteritis nodosa that lacks significant internal organ involvement. It has a relapsing remitting nature and usually is less responsive to conventional treatments.
Ibrahim A. Al-Homood +1 more
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Classic polyarteritis nodosa associated with hepatitis C virus infection: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2012 Introduction Hepatitis C virus has been under-recognized as an etiologic factor for polyarteritis nodosa and the presence of hepatitis C antigenemia in patients with polyarteritis nodosa has been reported as insignificant.
Rodrigo Damith +2 more
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CUTANEOUS POLYARTERITIS NODOSA: A REPORT OF TWO CASES [PDF]
Acta Medica Iranica, 1998 Polyarteritis nodosa is a multisystem necrotizing vasculitis of small and medium size muscular arteries in which involvement of the renal and viserat arteries is characteristic.
Z . Nowroozi
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Turkish Journal of Internal Medicine, 2021 Aortic diseases have high mortality and are usually late or misdiagnosed. Especially in patients with inflammatory vasculitis, diagnosis is often confused with other causes of chest pain and this causes a delay in diagnosis.
Hatice Taşkan +4 more
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