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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.

pol·y·ar·ter·i·tis

(pol'ē-ar'tĕr-ī'tis),

Simultaneous inflammation of a number of arteries.

polyarteritis

/poly·ar·ter·i·tis/ (-ahr″ter-i´tis)

1. multiple inflammatory and destructive arterial lesions.

2. polyarteritis nodosa.

polyarteritis nodo´sa (PAN) classically, a form of systemic necrotizing vasculitis involving small to medium-sized arteries with signs and symptoms resulting from infarction and scarring of the affected organ system.

polyarteritis

[pol′ē·är′tərī′tis]

Etymology: Gk, polys + arteria, airpipe, itis, inflammation

an abnormal inflammatory condition of several arteries.

polyarteritis

(1) A nonspecific term for any condition that affects multiple arteries.
(2) Polyarteritis nodosa, see there.

pol·y·ar·te·ri·tis

(pol'ē-ahr'tĕr-ī'tis)

Simultaneous inflammation of a number of arteries.

polyarteritis

inflammatory and degenerative lesions of the arterial walls in a number of isolated locations.

polyarteritis nodosa

See periarteritis nodosa.

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Although the majority of the cases of polyarteritis nodosa are in the form of minor attacks, recurrence is observed in 3/4 and the mortality rate has been found to be 10%.

Diagnostic approach and current treatment options in childhood vasculitis

Two patients of polyarteritis nodosa, one having headache, had bilateral subcortical and paraventricular hyperintense lesions in frontoparietal white matter; and the other patient having weakness and numbness of both arms, had hyperintensities in white matter and hyperintensities in basal ganglia and thalamus.

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Prevalence of Wegener's granulomatosis, microscopic polyangiitis, polyarteritis nodosa and Churg-Strauss syndrome within a defined population in southern Sweden.

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The underlying diseases of these cases were pulmonary fibrosis in two; polyarteritis nodosa, rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis with pulmonary bleeding and mycosis fungoides in one each.

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Child was advised a skin biopsy from the nodular lesions which showed small and medium vessel vasculitis suggestive of cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa.

Cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa: a case report

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Besides pregnancy, other non-CAD related associations with SCAD include connective tissue disorders such as Marfan and Ehlers-Danlos syndromes, vasculitides such as polyarteritis nodosa, and inflammatory disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease.