Polyarteritis nodosa clinically masquerading as temporal arteritis with lymphadenopathy.
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.
Walz LeBlanc
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Division of Rheumatology, Credit Valley Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Keystone
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Feltis
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Geddie
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Lie
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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*