Periarteritis nodosa and subperiosteal new bone formation

Periarteritis nodosa and subperiosteal new bone formation.

Three cases of periarteritis nodosa are reported with subperiosteal new bone formation. Two patients have been followed for over five years, the third for only six months. The vascular changes were predominantly found in the smaller vessels, the necrosis and elastin destruction was less than that usually found at necropsy. The radiological follow-up of one case demonsfrated ossification and hea...

Polyarteritis nodosa with new bone formation.

Polyarteritis nodosa was first described as a clinico-pathological entity by Kussmaul and Maier ( 1866), who called it periarteritis nodosa. Ferrari (1903) first called the disease polyarteritis nodosa, a name that describes the pathology more accurately. The disease may be grouped with the collagen diseases-desseminated lupus erythematosis, scleroderma, rheumatoid arthritis and others. It is c...

The heart in periarteritis nodosa.

IN PERIARTERITIS NODOSA the cardiae lesions contribute greatly to the manifestations of the disease and often are directly responsible for the death of the patient. The purpose of this study is to doeument the cardiac lesions of periarteritis nodosa, to review the clinical manifestations of this condition referable to the heart, and to relate the clinical manifestations to the pathologic lesions.

Periarteritis Nodosa Affecting the Eye.

Joint and neuromuscular manifestations of periarteritis nodosa.