title: Childhood cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa: an unusual presentation.
abstract: A 6-year-old boy presented with post-burn like cutaneous scars over the buttocks and the back of thighs, following skin ulceration. Cutaneous polyarteritis (CPA) was diagnosed based on the histopathological examination of the skin biopsy specimen from one of the scars. Such a presentation of childhood CPA, to our knowledge, is not documented in the English literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, The Institute of Child Health, 11, Dr. Biresh Guha Street, Kolkata, 700017, West Bengal, India. rajoothapa@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Rajoo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thapa
authors.forename: Debkrishna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mallick
authors.forename: Priyankar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pal
authors.forename: Apurba
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghosh
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002081:Buttocks; D002648:Child; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013848:Thigh
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D011239:Prednisolone