Kussmaul's disease

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Kussmaul's disease

See polyarteritis nodosa.

polyarteritis [pol″e-ahr″tĕ-ri´tis]

multiple sites of inflammatory and destructive lesions in the arterial system.

polyarteritis nodo´sa a form of systemic necrotizing vasculitis involving the small and medium-sized arteries with signs and symptoms resulting from infarction and scarring of the affected organ system. Called also Kussmaul's disease and periarteritis nodosa.

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