title: Spontaneous renal infarction due to polyarteritis nodosa. A case report.
abstract: A case of spontaneous infarction of the kidney due to polyarteritis nodosa of the vasa vasorum of the right main renal artery is reported. The diagnosis was unsuspected until histological examination of a nephrectomy specimen revealed the typical vascular changes in the renal arterial wall.
authors.forename: I J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Fourie
authors.forename: I J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Movson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000150:complications*