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 ...

We describe a 54-year-old man presenting with cutaneous ulcerations, livedo reticularis, numbness of the legs, and skin histological findings compatible with the diagnosis of polyarteritis nodosa (PAN). Initial treatment with 50 mg/day of prednisolone (PSL) was effective. However, the symptoms and signs recurred, and the patient developed multiple periurethral aseptic abscesses, urethra-cutaneo...

The association of peculiar giant-cellular granulomatous lesions of the upper respiratory tract and the lungs or other organs with necrotizing vascular lesions resembling polyarteritis nodosa has been seldom reported. Klinger (1931) described one case; R6ssle (1936) one case; Wegener (1939) three case-s; Neumann (1940) four cases; Banowitch, Polayes, and Charet (1942) one case; Lindsay, Aggeler...

We report a young girl who developed ingravescent intestinal symptoms as the first manifestation of cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) while the typical skin nodules developed later during the disease course. Cutaneous PAN predominantly affects children and presents with crops of painful skin nodules in the medial aspect of the foot, often preceded by sore throat. Visceral manifestations incl...

LTA: lymphocytic thrombophilic arteritis MLA: macular lymphocytic arteritis NBUVB: narrow-band ultraviolet B INTRODUCTION Macular lymphocytic arteritis (MLA) and lymphocytic thrombophilic arteritis (LTA) are terms used to describe an indolent, cutaneous medium-vessel vasculitis that has been suggested to follow a benign but persistent disease course. Pathologically, this condition is characteri...