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1677210

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-8-21
pubmed:abstractText
Periarteritis nodosa is a necrotizing vasculitis diagnosed on clinical, angiographic and histological criteria. We conducted a retrospective study of the various clinical and paraclinical manifestations of the disease in a series of 27 patients hospitalized in an Internal Medicine department. Visceral angiography showed microaneurysms in only 12.5% of the cases, and we consider that the indications of this method are limited. Segmental necrotizing vasculitis of the medium- and small-caliber arteries was found in only 33% of muscle biopsies. This criterion has low sensitivity and must be improved by systematic electromyography which showed abnormal results in 87% of the patients. Due to the insufficient sensitivity of paraclinical criteria, the clinical criteria proposed by Godeau and Guillevin are of great practical value. However, we suggest that their definition should be modified on three points: multineuritis should be replaced by peripheral neuropathies; livedo should be included in the cutaneous criterion, and positive serology for hepatitis B or C virus should be added to the positivity criteria.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0248-8663
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
111-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
[Clinical study and diagnostic criteria of periarteritis nodosa. Apropos of 27 cases].
pubmed:affiliation
Service de Médecine Interne, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre Benite.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract