Renal Vasculitis in Microscopic Polyarteritis Nodosa

Minocycline-induced polyarteritis nodosa-like vasculitis.

He was a healthy soldier and recalled no recent travel, environmental exposures, or family history of recent intercurrent diseases. His medical history included dust mite allergy and acne vulgaris treated with minocycline (100 mg twice a day) for the previous 3 years. On physical examination, the patient appeared cachectic. His temperature was 36.5ºC and blood pressure was normal. Diffuse arthr...

Polyarteritis nodosa involving renal and coronary arteries.

Polyangiitis overlap syndrome: cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis associated with polyarteritis nodosa.

A rare case of polyangiitis overlap syndrome is described. The patient was a 25-year-old man who had palpable purpura on his legs which showed leukocytoclastic vasculitis, and polyarteritis nodosa. Superior mesenteric arteriography showed microaneurysms in jejunal branches with focal segmental necrotizing arteritis of small and medium sized muscular arteries in the jejunum. Deposits of IgA and ...

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

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...