title: Polyarteritis nodosa clinically masquerading as temporal arteritis with lymphadenopathy.
abstract: We describe a patient with biopsy proven polyarteritis nodosa who presented with headache, scalp tenderness and lymphadenopathy. This case illustrates the need to be wary of conditions mimicking temporal arteritis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Rheumatology, Credit Valley Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Walz LeBlanc
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Keystone
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Feltis
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Geddie
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Lie
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000150:complications*