title: Polyarteritis nodosa of the pericardium: antemortem diagnosis in a pericardiectomy specimen.
abstract: A 74-year-old white woman with diffuse myalgias, low grade fever, and pericardial effusion was found to have polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) in a pericardiectomy specimen. This diagnosis was confirmed at autopsy. Although pericardial involvement in PAN has been described, this is the first report of PAN diagnosed in a pericardiectomy specimen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Hutchins
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Hellmann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000473:pathology; D010496:Pericardium / Q000473:pathology*; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000473:pathology*