"Polyarteritis Nodosa" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A form of necrotizing non-granulomatous inflammation occurring primarily in medium-sized ARTERIES, often with microaneurysms. It is characterized by muscle, joint, and abdominal pain resulting from arterial infarction and scarring in affected organs. Polyarteritis nodosa with lung involvement is called CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME.
| Descriptor ID |
D010488
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C14.907.940.090.720 C14.907.940.897.500 C17.800.862.625
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| Concept/Terms |
Necrotizing Arteritis- Necrotizing Arteritis
- Arteritides, Necrotizing
- Arteritis, Necrotizing
- Necrotizing Arteritides
Essential Polyarteritis- Essential Polyarteritis
- Essential Polyarteritides
- Polyarteritides, Essential
- Polyarteritis, Essential
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Polyarteritis Nodosa" by people in Profiles.
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Roth Spot and a Homonymous Hemianopsia as the Presenting Manifestation of Polyarteritis Nodosa. J Neuroophthalmol. 2022 06 01; 42(2):e482-e484.
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Winners of the 2016 American College of Rheumatology Annual Image Competition. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2017 05; 69(5):924-925.
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Childhood polyarteritis nodosa presenting with central nervous system manifestations and the posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome. J Child Neurol. 2014 Jan; 29(1):103-7.
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Distal extremity necrosis as a manifestation of cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa: case report and review of the acute management of a pediatric patient. Pediatr Dermatol. 2012 Jul-Aug; 29(4):473-8.
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A case of polyarteritis nodosa presenting initially as peripheral vascular disease. J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Sep; 23(9):1528-31.
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Necrotizing vasculitis with a polyarteritis nodosa-like pattern and selective immunoglobulin A deficiency: case report and review of the literature. J Cutan Pathol. 2008 Sep; 35(9):871-5.
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Polyarteritis nodosa presenting as perirenal hemorrhage. Urol Int. 1995; 55(2):105-7.
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Isolated vasculitis involving the female genital tract: clinicopathologic spectrum and phenotyping of inflammatory cells. Mod Pathol. 1994 Jun; 7(5):610-5.
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Pulmonary hypertension with necrotizing arteritis secondary to congenital mitral stenosis. Pediatr Cardiol. 1991 Jul; 12(3):184-5.
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Renal complications of drug addiction. Urology. 1976 Dec; 8(6):526-31.