Polyarteritis nodosa

Polyarteritis nodosa
Other namesPanarteritis nodosa,[1] Periarteritis nodosa,[1] Kussmaul disease, or Kussmaul-Maier disease,[2]
Polyarteritis nodosa: Macroscopic specimen of the heart with abundant adipose tissue and nodular thickened coronary vessels
SpecialtyImmunology, rheumatology Edit this on Wikidata

Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a systemic necrotizing inflammation of blood vessels (vasculitis) affecting medium-sized muscular arteries, typically involving the arteries of the kidneys and other internal organs but generally sparing the lungs' circulation.[3] Small aneurysms are strung like the beads of a rosary,[4] therefore making this "rosary sign" an important diagnostic feature of the vasculitis.[5] PAN is sometimes associated with infection by the hepatitis B or hepatitis C virus.[6] The condition may be present in infants.[7]

PAN is a rare disease.[6] With treatment, five-year survival is 80%; without treatment, five-year survival is 13%. Death is often a consequence of kidney failure, myocardial infarction, or stroke.[8]

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