TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 35. Polyarteritis Nodosa
A1  - Stone, John H.
A2  - Imboden, John B.
A2  - Hellmann, David B.
A2  - Stone, John H.
Y1  - 2013
N1  - 
T2  - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Rheumatology, 3e
AB  - Subacute  onset  of  constitutional  complaints  (eg,  fever,  weight  loss,  malaise,  arthralgias),  lower  extremity  nodules  and  ulcerations,  mononeuritis  multiplex,  and  intestinal  angina  (postprandial  pain  caused  by  the  involvement  of  mesenteric  vessels).Cutaneous  polyarteritis  nodosa  (PAN)  is  a  variant  of  the  systemic  disease  in  which  vasculitis  is  limited  to  the  skin,  usually  presenting  as  nodules  that  break  down  into  ulcers.Angiogram  or  biopsy  of  an  involved  organ  required  for  diagnosis.Angiography  may  reveal  microaneurysms  in  the  kidneys  or  gastrointestinal  tract.Biopsies  of  the  skin  and  peripheral  nerves  (with  sampling  of  the  adjacent  muscle)  are  the  least  invasive  ways  of  confirming  the  diagnosis  histopathologically.  
SN  - 
PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57273396
ER  -