Infantile periarteritis nodosa. Case report and review of the literature.
The clinical and autopsy findings of a three-month-old male infant with infantile periarteritis nodosa are described adn the literature reviewed. Different stages of the inflammatory vascular process could be seen in the iliacal, axillary, carotidal, coronary and the small periadrenal-tissue-arteries. Secondary changes were found in the axillary and coronary arteries consisting of aneurysmal dilatation and thrombosis. Fatal myocardial infarction occurred thirty-nine days following hospital admission.
D001344:Autopsy; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000473:pathology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*