Frequently, patients are diagnosed with 1 or more primary rheumatic disorders or vasculitis. Specifically, misdiagnosis for polyarteritis nodosa is common, given that symptoms often overlap. Read more ...

and a fictional stand-in for a real disease from which the author is in remission called polyarteritis nodosa. Indeed, the details of the painful lesions it causes seem too nasty and specific to ...

Seronegative spondyloarthropathies -- ankylosing spondylitis, reactive arthritis, psoriatic arthritis 0.3-3.5 Polyarteritis nodosa 0.4-1.1 a Data are derived from three large series. Other ...

The symptoms were not relieved after the use of antibiotics and aspirin. After reviewing the literature, polyarteritis nodosa was highly suspected, and a skin biopsy indicated necrotizing vasculitis, ...

Mycophenolate performed similarly to cyclophosphamide for the treatment of systemic polyarteritis nodosa, indicating its potential as an alternative induction agent. The management of S-PAN continues ...

To describe the clinical profile and compare the long-term outcomes of patients with S-PAN treated with various treatment regimens at our centre in the last 2 decades. Data regarding clinical ...

Yaich checked for rashes and tender bruiselike nodules on her legs, often seen in one of the deadliest forms of vasculitis, called polyarteritis nodosa. There weren’t any. But other forms of the ...

Childhood-onset polyarteritis nodosa is a rare, severe condition that requires prompt recognition and management. Patients with Factor-Five Scores exceeding 2 have a fulminant course of polyarteritis ...

Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a rare disease that makes your blood vessels swell. It can affect the blood vessels that go to almost every part of your body, including your heart, kidneys ...

We present a case of a 45-year-old man with classic symptoms of PAN and cytoplasmic ANCA (c-ANCA)–positive vasculitis (without previous adequate diagnosis and treatment), who was admitted to a ...

Age older than 65 years and serum creatinine greater than 140 µmol/L at the time of systemic polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) diagnosis were significant predictors of mortality. A total of 358 patients ...

While the classic HBV-associated vasculitis is polyarteritis nodosa, other vasculitides have been reported. The authors present an atypical case of acute HBV-associated vasculitis in a 57-year-old ...