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Polyarteritis nodosa, the Glossary

Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a systemic necrotizing inflammation of blood vessels (vasculitis) affecting medium-sized muscular arteries, typically involving the arteries of the kidneys and other internal organs but generally sparing the lungs' circulation.^[1]

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Disorders of fascia
Hepatitis C virus-associated diseases
Systemic connective tissue disorders

Adolf Kussmaul

Adolf Kussmaul (Carl Philipp Adolf Konrad Kußmaul; 22 February 1822 – 28 May 1902) was a German physician and a leading clinician of his time.

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Aneurysm

An aneurysm is an outward bulging, likened to a bubble or balloon, caused by a localized, abnormal, weak spot on a blood vessel wall.

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Angiography

Angiography or arteriography is a medical imaging technique used to visualize the inside, or lumen, of blood vessels and organs of the body, with particular interest in the arteries, veins, and the heart chambers.

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Anorexia (symptom)

Anorexia is a medical term for a loss of appetite.

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Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody

Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs) are a group of autoantibodies, mainly of the IgG type, against antigens in the cytoplasm of neutrophils (the most common type of white blood cell) and monocytes.

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Arteritis

Arteritis is a vascular disorder characterized by inflammation of the walls of arteries, usually as a result of infection or autoimmune responses. Polyarteritis nodosa and Arteritis are systemic connective tissue disorders.

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Artery

An artery is a blood vessel in humans and most other animals that takes oxygenated blood away from the heart in the systemic circulation to one or more parts of the body.

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Arthralgia

Arthralgia literally means 'joint pain'. Polyarteritis nodosa and Arthralgia are rheumatology.

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Bigger Than Life

Bigger Than Life is a 1956 American drama film directed by Nicholas Ray and starring James Mason, Barbara Rush and Walter Matthau.

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C-reactive protein

C-reactive protein (CRP) is an annular (ring-shaped) pentameric protein found in blood plasma, whose circulating concentrations rise in response to inflammation.

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Cardiomyopathy

Cardiomyopathy is a group of primary diseases of the heart muscle.

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Complete blood count

A complete blood count (CBC), also known as a full blood count (FBC), is a set of medical laboratory tests that provide information about the cells in a person's blood.

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Cortisone

Cortisone is a pregnene (21-carbon) steroid hormone.

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Creatinine

Creatinine (from Ancient Greek: κρέας (kréas) 'flesh') is a breakdown product of creatine phosphate from muscle and protein metabolism.

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Cyclophosphamide

Cyclophosphamide (CP), also known as cytophosphane among other names, is a medication used as chemotherapy and to suppress the immune system.

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Erythrocyte sedimentation rate

The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR or sed rate) is the rate at which red blood cells in anticoagulated whole blood descend in a standardized tube over a period of one hour.

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Fatigue

Fatigue describes a state of tiredness (which is not sleepiness), exhaustion or loss of energy.

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Fever

Fever or pyrexia in humans is a body temperature above the normal range due to an increase in the body's temperature set point in the hypothalamus.

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Granulomatosis with polyangiitis

Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), previously known as Wegener's granulomatosis (WG), after the German physician Friedrich Wegener, is a rare long-term systemic disorder that involves the formation of granulomas and inflammation of blood vessels (vasculitis). Polyarteritis nodosa and granulomatosis with polyangiitis are disorders of fascia, rheumatology, steroid-responsive inflammatory conditions, systemic connective tissue disorders and vascular-related cutaneous conditions.

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Hairy cell leukemia

Hairy cell leukemia is an uncommon hematological malignancy characterized by an accumulation of abnormal B lymphocytes.

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Heart failure

Heart failure (HF), also known as congestive heart failure (CHF), is a syndrome caused by an impairment in the heart's ability to fill with and pump blood.

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Hematuria

Hematuria or haematuria is defined as the presence of blood or red blood cells in the urine.

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Hepatitis B

Hepatitis B is an infectious disease caused by the Hepatitis B virus (HBV) that affects the liver; it is a type of viral hepatitis.

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Hepatitis C

Hepatitis C is an infectious disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) that primarily affects the liver; it is a type of viral hepatitis.

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Hepatitis C virus

The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a small (55–65 nm in size), enveloped, positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus of the family Flaviviridae.

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HIV

The human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are two species of Lentivirus (a subgroup of retrovirus) that infect humans.

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Hypertension

Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a long-term medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated.

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Immune complex

An immune complex, sometimes called an antigen-antibody complex or antigen-bound antibody, is a molecule formed from the binding of multiple antigens to antibodies.

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Infarction

Infarction is tissue death (necrosis) due to inadequate blood supply to the affected area.

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James Mason

James Neville Mason (15 May 190927 July 1984) was an English actor.

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Kidney failure

Kidney failure, also known as end-stage renal disease (ESRD), is a medical condition in which the kidneys can no longer adequately filter waste products from the blood, functioning at less than 15% of normal levels. Kidney failure is classified as either acute kidney failure, which develops rapidly and may resolve; and chronic kidney failure, which develops slowly and can often be irreversible.

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Leflunomide

Leflunomide, sold under the brand name Arava among others, is an immunosuppressive disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD), used in active moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis.

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Lists of medical eponyms

Medical eponyms are terms used in medicine which are named after people (and occasionally places or things).

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Livedo reticularis

Livedo reticularis is a common skin finding consisting of a mottled reticulated vascular pattern that appears as a lace-like purplish discoloration of the skin. Polyarteritis nodosa and Livedo reticularis are rheumatology and vascular-related cutaneous conditions.

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Methotrexate

Methotrexate, formerly known as amethopterin, is a chemotherapy agent and immune-system suppressant.

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Microscopic polyangiitis

Microscopic polyangiitis is an autoimmune disease characterized by a systemic, pauci-immune, necrotizing, small-vessel vasculitis without clinical or pathological evidence of granulomatous inflammation. Polyarteritis nodosa and Microscopic polyangiitis are steroid-responsive inflammatory conditions, systemic connective tissue disorders and vascular-related cutaneous conditions.

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Myalgia

Myalgia or muscle pain is a painful sensation evolving from muscle tissue.

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Myocardial infarction

A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries of the heart, causing infarction (tissue death) to the heart muscle.

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Necrosis

Necrosis is a form of cell injury which results in the premature death of cells in living tissue by autolysis.

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P-ANCA

p-ANCA, or MPO-ANCA, or perinuclear anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies, are antibodies that stain the material around the nucleus of a neutrophil.

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Pericarditis

Pericarditis is inflammation of the pericardium, the fibrous sac surrounding the heart. Polyarteritis nodosa and Pericarditis are disorders of fascia and steroid-responsive inflammatory conditions.

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Peripheral neuropathy

Peripheral neuropathy, often shortened to neuropathy, refers to damage or disease affecting the nerves.

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Prednisone

Prednisone is a glucocorticoid medication mostly used to suppress the immune system and decrease inflammation in conditions such as asthma, COPD, and rheumatologic diseases.

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Proteinuria

Proteinuria is the presence of excess proteins in the urine.

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Renal artery

The renal arteries are paired arteries that supply the kidneys with blood.

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Rituximab

Rituximab, sold under the brand name Rituxan among others, is a monoclonal antibody medication used to treat certain autoimmune diseases and types of cancer.

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Rosary

The Rosary (rosarium, in the sense of "crown of roses" or "garland of roses"), also known as the Dominican Rosary (as distinct from other forms of rosary such as the Franciscan Crown, Bridgettine Rosary, Rosary of the Holy Wounds, etc.), refers to a set of prayers used primarily in the Catholic Church, and to the physical string of knots or beads used to count the component prayers.

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Rudolf Robert Maier

Rudolf Robert Maier (9 April 1824 – 7 November 1888) was a German pathologist who was a native of Freiburg im Breisgau.

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Seizure

A seizure is a period of symptoms due to abnormally excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain.

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Serology

Serology is the scientific study of serum and other body fluids.

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Streptococcus

Streptococcus is a genus of gram-positive or spherical bacteria that belongs to the family Streptococcaceae, within the order Lactobacillales (lactic acid bacteria), in the phylum Bacillota.

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Stroke

Stroke (also known as a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) or brain attack) is a medical condition in which poor blood flow to the brain causes cell death.

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Sural nerve

The sural nerve (L4-S1) is generally considered a pure cutaneous nerve of the posterolateral leg to the lateral ankle.

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Systemic disease

A systemic disease is one that affects a number of organs and tissues, or affects the body as a whole.

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Vasculitis

Vasculitis is a group of disorders that destroy blood vessels by inflammation. Polyarteritis nodosa and Vasculitis are rheumatology and vascular-related cutaneous conditions.

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Weakness

Weakness is a symptom of many different medical conditions.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyarteritis_nodosa

Also known as Cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa, Infantile polyarteritis, Infantile polyarteritis nodosa, Kussmall Meier disease, Kussmaul disease, Kussmaul-Maier disease, PAN vasculitis, Panarteritis nodosa, Periarteritis nodosa, Polyarteritis, Polyarteritis nodos, Polyarteritis nodosa, cutaneous.

, Streptococcus, Stroke, Sural nerve, Systemic disease, Vasculitis, Weakness.

Polyarteritis nodosa, the Glossary

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See also

Disorders of fascia

Hepatitis C virus-associated diseases

Systemic connective tissue disorders

References