title: Multiple spontaneous visceral hematomas revealing polyarteritis nodosa.
abstract: Polyarteritis nodosa is a rare life-threatening disease characterized by necrotizing vasculitis of small and median arteries. We describe the exceptional case of a 28-year-old man with successive spontaneous visceral hematomas of the kidney, bladder, and liver. Arteriography was performed for a recent spontaneous hepatic hematoma and a microaneurysm was detected, allowing the diagnosis of polyarteritis nodosa and prescription of appropriate treatment.
authors.affiliation: Paris V University, Departments of Rheumatology and Radiology; Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France. yannick.allanore@cch.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: Yannick
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Allanore
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Vignaux
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Legmann
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kanev
authors.forename: Charles J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Menkes
authors.forename: Andre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kahan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000098:blood supply