The "Viral" Form of Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN)-A Distinct Entity: A Case Based Review

• Published in: Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) Vol. 59; no. 6; p. 1162
• Main Authors: Pașa, Victoria, Popa, Elena, Poroch, Mihaela, Cosmescu, Adriana, Bacusca, Agnes Iacinta, Slanina, Ana Maria, Ceasovschih, Alexandr, Stoica, Alexandra, Petroaie, Antoneta, Ungureanu, Monica, Popa, Andrei Emilian, Avram, Raluca Ioana, Bologa, Cristina, Poroch, Vladimir, Coman, Elena Adorata
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 01.06.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Abdomen; Adult; Anemia; Aneurysms; Antibiotics; Antibodies; Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic; Arteries - pathology; Arthritis; Biopsy; Blood circulation disorders; Blood vessels; Disease; Female; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; HIV; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Infections; Inflammation; Ischemia; Kidneys; Laboratories; Morphology; multisystem complications; Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; polyarteritis nodosa (PAN); Polyarteritis Nodosa - complications; Polyarteritis Nodosa - diagnosis; Polyarteritis Nodosa - drug therapy; Review; Skin; Surgical clinics; systemic vasculitis; Veins & arteries; Romania; polyarteritis nodosa (PAN); systemic vasculitis; inflammation; multisystem complications

Classic polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a vasculitis with systemic manifestations that is characterized by inflammatory and necrotizing lesions affecting medium and small muscular arteries, most frequently at the bifurcation of the vessels. These lesions lead to the formation of microaneurysms, hemorr...