Highlights & Basics
- Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a rare form of systemic vasculitis that affects only medium-sized vessels (i.e., small and medium-sized arteries).
- Hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related PAN has become very rare since the introduction of effective immunization programs against the virus.
- Both non HBV-related PAN and HBV-related PAN are differentiated from the other small- and medium-vessel vasculitides by the absence of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies, and by confirmation that small vessels (i.e., arterioles, capillaries, venules) are not involved.
- Angiography typically demonstrates microaneurysms and focal narrowing in medium-sized blood vessels.
- Pathology is characterized by focal and segmental transmural necrotizing inflammation with fibrinoid necrosis in medium-sized vessels.
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American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for PAN
Renal angiogram showing aneurysms, a classical feature of PAN
Renal angiogram showing aneurysms and microaneurysms
A purpuric rash is a common feature
Skin ulcers in the lower limbs are a common manifestation of PAN
Digital gangrene from medium vessel vasculitis
Large skin ulcer from a patient with PAN
Vesiculo-bullous skin rash with necrosis
Mesenteric angiogram showing small and micro aneurysms
Pathology specimen of a medium-sized muscular artery showing transmural inflammation
Biopsy specimen showing florid transmural inflammation of a small artery
Citations
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