Polyarteritis acuta nodosa and periarteritis nodosa

Polyarteritis Nodosa

POLYARTERITIs NODosA, as its niame implies, is ain inflammatory lesion involving the -whole three coats of the arterial system in a noclal manner. The causation of this is unknown, but its peculiar affinity for wi(despread involvement of the smaller arteries results in a multiplicity of clinical signs and symptoms, and leads to confusion and difficulty in diagnosis. The more severely affected o...

Polyarteritis Nodosa

Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is the systemic necrotizing vasculitis on small and median muscular vessels. Recent studies reveal that PAN consists of classical PAN and microscopic polyangitis (MPA). MPO-ANCA, which is one of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA), is involved in the pathogenesis of MPA. In future, by the progress of research of ANCA, the definition or criteria of systemic vas...

Polyarteritis nodosa.

Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is regarded rightly as the grandfather of the vasculitides. In this Grand Rounds, the case of a 30-year-old man with a 12-year illness is described. The patient presented with daily fevers, tachycardia, and cutaneous ulcers on his distal extremities. He eventually developed mononeuritis multiplex. Because of the striking pattern of his fevers, he was diagnosed for man...

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.