s Kawasaki disease (KD) a new disease? The article by Takahashi et al in this issue of the Journal may give us some suggestions.1 They reviewed 380 autopsy cases of pediatric systemic vasculitis syndrome from the last 50 years from the Annual of Pathological Autopsy Cases in Japan. The first diagnosed autopsy case of KD occurred in 1969. This was 2 years after Kawasaki’s first description of th...

A case of polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) like systemic necrotizing vasculitis in an HIV infected individual, who presented with digital ischaemia is reported. The pathogenesis of PAN in HIV infected patients is not well understood and whether HIV or other agents are directly involved in the vascular injury remains to be established.

BACKGROUND Polyarteritis nodosa is a necrotising vasculitis of the medium sized and small muscular arteries. The inflammatory and subsequent reparative processes may alter the arterial mechanical properties. The effect of vasculitic damage on arterial distensibility has never been explored however. AIM To determine the normal values and the effect of childhood vasculitis on arterial distensib...

A histologic and quantitative immunologic study was made on a large group of rabbits injected intravenously with a single dose of crystallized bovine albumin and bled and sacrificed at various intervals after injection. Both cardiovascular and renal lesions were encountered in high incidence. The various stages in the development of these lesions were observed from their first appearance until ...

INTRODUCTION Limited polyarteritis nodosa is a rare benign disease that usually responds well to systemic corticosteroid treatment. We report a case limited to calf muscles, fascia, and skin treated with local corticosteroid therapy directed to the affected areas by ultrasound guidance. CASE PRESENTATION A 36-year-old Caucasian woman presented with a 10-month history of progressive right calf...