title: Polyarteritis nodosa with uterine involvement.
abstract: Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is characterized by multisystem necrotizing vasculitis, primarily affecting small-to-medium-sized muscular arteries, and it is typically found in middle-aged men. PAN is rarely found in the female genital tract (including the uterus), and imaging of the uterus with PAN has not previously been reported. Reported is a case of a 78-year-old patient with uterus enlargement who was diagnosed with PAN through clinical findings and images. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings of a uterus affected by PAN are presented and reviewed, and potential characteristic findings of the uterine with PAN are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology.
authors.forename: Chihiro
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hirai
authors.forename: Shigeomi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koike
authors.forename: Motoharu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: Junichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: Shiho
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akashita
authors.forename: Takahumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohkoshi
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Katsumata
keywords: ct; ct-angiography; genital_reproductive; mr-imaging