title: Polyarteritis nodosa: a case presenting with renal mass.
abstract: An adolescent girl was hospitalized due to fever and abdominal flank pain. A left renal haematoma was detected on magnetic resonance imaging. Renal angiography demonstrated multiple microaneurysms at both hepatic arteries, intrarenal segments of the bilateral renal arteries, and inferior lobar segment of the left pulmonary artery, which is consistent with the diagnosis of polyarteritis nodosa. Vasculitic syndromes should be considered in patients with visceral haemorrhage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Nephrology, School of Medicine, Baskent University, Adana, Turkey. nurcem@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Nurcan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cengiz
authors.forename: Senay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Demir
authors.forename: Gönül
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Parmaksız
authors.forename: A Kerim
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Temiz
authors.forename: Aytül
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Noyan
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000293:Adolescent; D000792:Angiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy