Polyarteritis nodosa

Authors

  • Gloria Catalina Bacallao Martínez Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”. Santa Clara, Villa Clara.
  • Carlos E. Lima León Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”. Santa Clara, Villa Clara.
  • Isabel González Alemán Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”. Santa Clara, Villa Clara.

Keywords:

polyarteritis nodosa/diagnosis

Abstract

Polyarteritis nodosa is a rare disease whose incidence is estimated at 4 to 10 cases per million persons, and mainly affects men between 40 and 60 years of age. It is systemic necrotizing vasculitis that affects medium and small caliber muscular arteries, and secondarily arterioles and venules. The clinical manifestations are multiple with prevalence of fever and weight loss. The case of a 48-year-old man is reported. He was admitted for a febrile syndrome of “obscure origin”, with weight loss and muscle weakness. The diagnosis of polyarteritis nodosa was suspected, and it was confirmed in the histopathologic study by a muscle biopsy, associated with the finding of vascular retinopathy in the fundus examination. Early diagnosis and a treatment with steroids led to the successful evolution of the patient.

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Bacallao Martínez GC, Lima León CE, González Alemán I. Polyarteritis nodosa. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2012 Oct. 6 [cited 2025 Jul. 6];6(4):74-8. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/239

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 4 (2012): October-December

Section

Case Reports

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