Multiple spontaneous visceral hematomas revealing polyarteritis nodosa

Allanore, Y.; Rosenberg, C.; Vignaux, O.; Legmann, P.; Kanev, K.; Menkes, C.J.; Kahan, A.; Allanore, Y; Rosenberg, C; Vignaux, O; Legmann, P; Kanev, K; Menkes, C.J; Kahan, A

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Multiple spontaneous visceral hematomas revealing polyarteritis nodosa

Allanore, Y.; Rosenberg, C.; Vignaux, O.; Legmann, P.; Kanev, K.; Menkes, C.J.; Kahan, A.

Journal of Rheumatology 31(9): 1858-1860

2004

ISSN/ISBN: 0315-162X

PMID: 15338514

Document Number: 567708

Polyarteritis nodosa is a rare life-threatening disease characterized by necrotizing vasculitis of small and median arteries. We describe the exceptional case of a 28-year-old man with successive spontaneous visceral hematomas of the kidney, bladder, and liver. Arteriography was performed for a recent spontaneous hepatic hematoma and a microaneurysm was detected, allowing the diagnosis of polyarteritis nodosa and prescription of appropriate treatment.