Publication: Cutaneous Polyarteritis Nodosa Presenting with Digital Gangrene
Date
2016
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Publisher
Nepal Paediatric Society (JNPS)
Abstract
Abstract:
Cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa is a vasculitis with characteristic manifestations like tender subcutaneous nodules, livedo reticularis, cutaneous ulcers and necrosis. Diagnosis requires histopathologic evidence of necrotizing inflammation of the medium and small arteries. We report a six year old girl with cutaneous PAN with gangenous changes of the fingertips which responded to methylprednisolone.
Description
K Jagadish Kumar
JSS Medical College, JSS University, Mysore
Subramanian Ramaswamy
JSS Medical College, JSS University, Mysore
Karen Saldana
JSS Medical College, JSS University, Mysore
Keywords
Cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa, subcutaneous nodules, Vasculitis, Gangrene, Steroids