Periarteritis Nodosa diagnosed Clinically

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.

Periarteritis nodosa and subperiosteal new bone formation.

Three cases of periarteritis nodosa are reported with subperiosteal new bone formation. Two patients have been followed for over five years, the third for only six months. The vascular changes were predominantly found in the smaller vessels, the necrosis and elastin destruction was less than that usually found at necropsy. The radiological follow-up of one case demonsfrated ossification and hea...

Joint and neuromuscular manifestations of periarteritis nodosa.

Corneo-scleral ulceration in periarteritis nodosa.

OCULAR complications occur in 10 to 20 per cent. of patients with periarteritis nodosa (Gaynon and Asbury, 1943; Wise, 1952), but so far very few cases of either corneal ulceration, corneo-scleritis, or scleritis have been documented, which have been associated with either periarteritis nodosa or the Wegener variety of non-healing granuloma of the nose (Harbert and McPherson, 1947; Ingalls, 195...