Spontaneous renal infarction due to polyarteritis nodosa. A case report

Fourie, I.J.; Movson, I.J.

South African Medical Journal 67(1): 24-25

1985


ISSN/ISBN: 0256-9574
PMID: 2857056
Document Number: 258611
A case of spontaneous infarction of the kidney due to polyarteritis nodosa of the vasa vasorum of the right main renal artery is reported. The diagnosis was unsuspected until histological examination of a nephrectomy specimen revealed the typical vascular changes in the renal arterial wall.

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