Unusual clinic presentation of polyarteritis nodosa: involvement of axillary and brachial artery.
Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a necrotizing inflammatory vasculitis of small- and medium-sized muscular arteries. Multiple organs, especially the kidney, skin, peripheric nerves, striated muscles, and intestine, are affected. In this case report, a patient with renal and hepatic involvement and axillary and brachial artery aneurysm resulting in shoulder hematoma and pain due to underlying PAN is presented.
Department of Nephrology, Erciyes University Medical Faculty, Kayseri, Turkey. iikocyigit@gmail.com
Ismail
I
Kocyigit
Sumeyra
S
Koyuncu
Ertugrul
E
Mavili
Aydin
A
Unal
Turgut Tursem
TT
Tokmak
Havva
H
Cilan
Feridun
F
Kavuncuoglu
Oktay
O
Oymak
Cengiz
C
Utas
D000328:Adult; D001366:Axillary Artery; D001916:Brachial Artery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000175:diagnosis*