Polyarteritis nodosa presenting with renal hematoma

Metabolic myopathy presenting with polyarteritis nodosa: a case report

INTRODUCTION To the best of our knowledge, we describe for the first time a patient in whom an unusual metabolic myopathy was identified after failure to respond to curative therapy for a systemic vasculitis, polyarteritis nodosa. We hope this report will heighten awareness of common metabolic myopathies that may present later in life. It also speculates on the potential relationship between me...

Polyarteritis nodosa presenting with necrotising appendicitis and hepatic aneurysm rupture.

Polyarteritis nodosa is a necrotizing vasculitis which affects small and medium-sized arteries. The clinical features of the disease vary according to the site and extent of involvement. Aneurysmal dilatation and thrombosis in the arteries of the liver and gastrointestinal tract have been reported in polyarteritis nodosa. However, rupture of the hepatic aneurysm and necrotizing appendicitis due...

Polyarteritis nodosa presenting with bilateral cavernous internal carotid artery aneurysms.

A 24-year-old man was admitted with a severe, abrupt-onset headache and diplopia. On neurologic examination, movement of the left eye was limited in all directions, while the right eye was limited on lateral gaze. Cerebral angiography demonstrated bilateral aneurysms on the cavernous portion of the internal ICA, measuring 2.4 cm on the left and 2 cm on the right (figure, A and B). Abdominal ang...

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...