Polyarteritis Nodosa Presenting as Ischaemic Colitis
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Childhood polyarteritis nodosa presenting as stroke and arterial hypertension.
To cite: Rodrigues M, Amaral D, Barreira JL, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2014-207866 DESCRIPTION A 6-year-old boy with frequent episodes of fever, myalgia and arthralgia, presented with arterial hypertension (HTN). When he was 2 years old he was extensively investigated due to a small thalamic stroke, but no diagnosis was made. While be...
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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...
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عنوان ژورنال: Rheumatology
سال: 1996
ISSN: 1462-0324,1462-0332
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/35.12.1333