SAT-038 RENAL DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH POLYARTERITIS NODOSA

Polyarteritis nodosa associated with streptococcus.

Twelve children are described with an essentially benign vasculitic illness in association with streptococcal infection. They demonstrated characteristic clinical features of nodular cutaneous polyarteritis with fever. Laboratory findings showed an acute phase response associated with raised antistreptolysin and antihyaluronidase titres in all patients and a positive throat culture for beta hae...

Polyarteritis nodosa associated with acute cytomegalovirus infection.

A case of polyarteritis nodosa is described in which the onset of the disease was associated with acute infection by cytomegalovirus. Peripheral neuropathy was the predominant clinical feature, and death occurred 4 years after the onset. This is the first recorded case of polyarteritis in which cytomegalovirus is of possible aetiological significance.

The spectrum of renal disease associated with microscopic polyangiitis and classic polyarteritis nodosa in Kuwait.

BACKGROUND This study was conducted to examine prospectively the epidemiological profile of renal disease associated with microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) and classic polyarteritis nodosa (classic PAN) in Kuwait and its clinicopathological correlation. METHODS Between 1 January 1993 and 31 December 1996, all patients referred to Al-Amiri renal centre were subjected to renal biopsy and/or arteri...

Polyarteritis nodosa involving renal and coronary arteries.

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...