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Cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2015 Polyarteritis nodosa is a rare vasculitis in children characterized by necrotizing inflammation in small and medium size arteries. It is classified into systemic and cutaneous PAN according to the presence of systemic symptoms or visceral involvement. We
María Alejandra Matteoda +5 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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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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Pericarditis of Polyarteritis Nodosa. [PDF]
Cureus, 2023 Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a rare systemic vasculitis characterised by necrotising inflammation of medium-sized arteries. PAN can affect patients of any age, gender, or ethnic background. Its highest incidence is in the fifth-sixth decade of life, with a slight male-to-female predilection.
Ambrogetti R +4 more
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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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The Journal of Rheumatology, 2013 Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a systemic illness that most often involves the peripheral nervous system, skin, kidneys, and gastrointestinal tract. In this chapter, we review the diagnostic criteria for PAN, its most common neurological manifestations affecting the peripheral nervous system as well as central nervous system presentations, and discuss ...
Andreas P, Diamantopoulos +1 more
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Techniques in Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 2014 The first description of polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) was in 1852 by Karl Rokitansky, a pathologist at the University of Vienna. The initial report describes a 23-year-old man who had a 5-day history of fever and diarrhea. Since then, the definition of PAN has evolved.
Howard, Travis +3 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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