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Polyarteritis nodosa involves necrotising vasculitis of small and medium-sized arteries. Multiple organ systems are involved. A non-specific and slow course of disease is common. Gastrointestinal involvement is characterised by abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. Bowel infarction and perforation,
Polyarteritis nodosa is a disease that presents with necrotizing vasculitis in small and medium-sized arteries. It may occur in various organs, but approximately half of cases have gastrointestinal involvement. Prognosis is not favorable once organ dysfunction begins as evidenced by Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a rare type of childhood vasculitis. We report the case of a 10-year-old boy who was referred to our hospital following an appendicectomy with fever, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea, weight loss, joint pains and skin rash. Shortly after admission, he developed
The records of 106 consecutive patients referred to the University of Colorado Medical Center (UCMC) vasculitis study group during a 5-yr period were evaluated for gastrointestinal (GI) manifestations attributable to vasculitis. There were 3 groups: 18 with leukocytoclastic vasculitis (LCV) on skin
A 3-month-old infant died following a 3-week illness that commenced with diarrhoea and vomiting, and produced progressive infarction of his small bowel. Post-mortem identified multiorgan arteritis of uncertain aetiology, giving rise to coronary artery occlusion and myocardial infarction as well as
We report the first case of massive upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage as the initial presentation of polyarteritis nodosa (PAN), which is an uncommon form of systemic necrotizing vasculitis that may involve many organ systems and could affect any age group. Abdominal pain is the most common sign of
Classical polyarteritis nodosa (cPAN) refers to a rare, potentially fatal systemic transmural necrotizing vasculitis that usually affects medium-sized, and occasionally small, muscular arteries, primarily involves the kidneys, gastrointestinal tract, skin, nervous system, joints, and muscles, and is
A case of polyarteritis nodosa (PN) in childhood involving various organs such as the gastrointestinal tract, skin, CNS, kidneys and liver with hypogammaglobulinemia is reported. This 6 month old girl was admitted to our hospital with vomiting, diarrhea, bloody stools with mucous and weight loss.
Spontaneous rupture of the kidney with perirenal haemorrhage is a rare and serious complication of polyarteritis nodosa (PAN), usually requiring urgent surgery. The present case was a 28-year old male, who had been ill for 14 days, with abdominal pain, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting. The
We reviewed the medical records of 62 patients with systemic small and medium-sized vessel vasculitides and gastrointestinal tract involvement followed at our institution between 1981 and 2002. This group included 46 men and 16 women (male:female ratio, 2.9), with a mean age of 48 +/- 18 years.
Pachymeningitis is a very rare neurologic manifestation of polyarteritis nodosa (PAN). This report describes a case of acute pachymeningitis that was, initially, misdiagnosed as subdural hematoma on the brain CT of a patient with PAN. A 45-year-old man, who had been diagnosed as having PAN 6 months
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The records of 4 patients who had necrotic bowel secondary to acute mesenteric vascular occlusion affecting various levels of mesenteric vasculature were reviewed to determine the clinical manifestations, diagnostic investigations, predisposing factors, complications, and outcome of
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We analysed our experience with the use of iloprost for the treatment of critical ischaemic digits (ID) in children with connective tissue diseases (CTD) in order to assess its safety and efficacy.
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This was a retrospective analysis of paediatric patients with CTD who were treated
Coronary artery aneurysms are uncommon and the prevalence in patients undergoing coronary artery angiography is 1.5-4.9%. The most common cause of coronary artery aneurysm is arteriosclerosis, followed by Kawasaki disease, periarteritis nodosa, systemic lupus erythematosus, syphilis, rheumatic
The connective tissue disorders are a protean group of acquired diseases which have in common widespread immunologic and inflammatory alterations of connective tissue. The acquired connective tissue diseases generally include the following clinical entities: rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus