title: Revascularization by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty improved abruptly deteriorated ischaemic symptoms in cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa.
abstract: We report a patient with cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa, who had a 3-year history of recurrent leg and foot ulcers. Symptoms of ischaemia in the left foot, including severe pain, coldness, paraesthesia and violaceous discoloration, deteriorated abruptly, because of complete occlusion of the left anterior tibial artery. The occluded segment was revascularized by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, resulting in a dramatic improvement in the ischaemic symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Nippon Medical School, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. osada0130@nms.ac.jp
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Osada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akiyama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takasaki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takagawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakazawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sawada
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawana
mesh_terms: D017130:Angioplasty / Q000379:methods*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D011859:Radiography; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply*; D016909:Tibial Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*