"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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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 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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Letter from the Editor: Management of cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2022 12; 87(6):1273-1274.
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Lessons Learned from a Middle-Aged Man with Testicular Pain: Exercises in Clinical Reasoning. J Gen Intern Med. 2017 03; 32(3):355-359.
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Re-examination of features to distinguish polyarteritis nodosa from superficial thrombophlebitis. Am J Dermatopathol. 2013 Jun; 35(4):463-71.
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Headache and vasculitis. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2013 Mar; 17(3):320.
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Multiple cerebral aneurysms and a dural arteriovenous fistula in a patient with polyarteritis nodosa. Case illustration. J Neurosurg. 2003 Feb; 98(2):434.
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Panniculitis. Dermatol Clin. 2002 Jul; 20(3):421-33, vi.
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Estrogen-sensitive cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa: response to tamoxifen. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1998 Oct; 39(4 Pt 1):643-6.
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Spontaneous dissection of the internal carotid artery in a patient with polyarteritis nodosa. Arthritis Rheum. 1989 Dec; 32(12):1625-6.
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Therapeutic briefs. III. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1981 Mar; 4(3):369-72.