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Polyarteritis nodosa with uterine involvement

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...

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Autores principales: Hirai, Chihiro, Koike, Shigeomi, Hirano, Motoharu, Nishimura, Junichi, Akashita, Shiho, Ohkoshi, Takahumi, Katsumata, Yasushi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3738338/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23986829
http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/arsr.2012.120040
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Sumario: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.