polyarteritis nodosa (pan) is a necrotizing vasculitis characterized by damage to blood vessels and subsequent ischemic tissue changes in various organs. the case presented here is a 51-year-old man with pan, who has recently developed osteomyelitis of mandible. to the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of jaw osteomyelitis in patients with pan.

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...

PURPOSE To alert ophthalmologists to ocular manifestations that could indicate polyarteritis nodosa. CASE A 71-year-old man exhibited unilateral episcleritis as the primary clinical manifestation of polyarteritis nodosa. OBSERVATIONS The patient's ocular symptoms did not respond well to either topical betamethasone eye drops or low-dose oral prednisone. Five months after the onset of ocular...

Polyarteritis nodosa is a form of vasculitis that affects several organs. Gastrointestinal involvement is frequent, but cases in which the gastrointestinal tract is the only site of disease are rare. In this paper, we report a case of a 40 -yearold patient with polyarteritis nodosa restricted to small part of the small intestine, which underwent resection and anastomosis. Laparotomy was perform...

A 73-year-old man developed refractory multiple hemorrhagic gastric ulcers. Emergent gastrectomy was performed, and the diagnosis of polyarteritis nodosa was made by histologic evaluation of the resected stomach. Although gastric ulceration is a relatively rare complication of polyarteritis nodosa, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of refractory hemorrhagic gastric ulcers. E...

Polyarteritis nodosa is a rare vasculitis in children characterized by necrotizing inflammation in small and medium size arteries. It is classified into systemic and cutaneous PAN according to the presence of systemic symptoms or visceral involvement. We describe the case of a 14-year-old girl with cutaneous Polyarteritis nodosa with an atypical clinical presentation.

case presentation a ten-year-old iranian boy was referred to our department with history of recurrent abdominal pain followed by fever, chills, arthralgia and scrotal edema. he suffered from hematuria and gastrointestinal bleeding. his physical exam revealed fever (axillary temperature: 38.7°c), hypertension (150/90 mmhg), hepatomegaly (liver span: 13 cm), orchitis and subcutaneous painful nodu...

Pediatric polyarteritis nodosa is rare systemic necrotizing arteritis involving small- and medium-sized muscular arteries characterized by aneurysmal dilatations involving the vessel wall. Aneurysms associated with polyarteritis nodosa are common in visceral arteries; however intracranial aneurysms have also been reported and can be associated with central nervous system symptoms, significant m...

The case of a 45 year old man with cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa and Raynaud's phenomenon as initial manifestation of the disease is reported. Although peripheral vascular disease is a well characterised extracutaneous manifestation of cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa, to our knowledge this is the first reported case in which Raynaud's phenomenon was the initial and sole manifestation of the dis...

Drug abuse has been controversially linked to polyarteritis nodosa. A 28-year-old man with a history of drug abuse with inhaled heroin presented with an enigmatic illness consisting of refractory fever, bilateral pleural effusions, migratory polyarthritis, and a leukaemoid reaction. An abdominal angiography confirmed the diagnosis of polyarteritis nodosa, and treatment with both prednisone and ...