title: Polyarteritis nodosa developing after discoid lupus erythematosus.
abstract: We describe a patient with discoid lupus erythematosus whose pattern of disease evolved into a systemic vasculitis polyarteritis nodosa.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Immunology, St Bartholomews and The Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, UK. edouard.letellier@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Letellier
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Longhurst
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Diaz-Cano
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: D'Cruz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018501:Antirheumatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001379:Azathioprine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008179:Lupus Erythematosus, Discoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D018501:Antirheumatic Agents; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D011239:Prednisolone; D001379:Azathioprine; D008727:Methotrexate