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ArticleBMJ case reports2016

A case of isolated renal involvement of polyarteritis nodosa successfully treated with steroid monotherapy.

Negiin Pourafshar, Eric Sobel, Mark Segal

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Polyarteritis Nodosa: Old Disease, New Etiologies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  3. Localized Forms of Vasculitis.Current rheumatology reports · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Negiin PourafsharDivision of Nephrology, Hypertension and Renal Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Eric SobelDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Mark SegalDivision of Nephrology, Hypertension and Renal Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
University of Florida · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a systemic necrotising vasculitis that affects medium-sized and small-sized arteries. The spectrum of disease ranges from involving a single organ to polyvisceral failure. We report a case of a 75-year-old male presented with solely hypertension and mild renal function impairment as a consequence of diffuse renal necrotising vasculitis with occlusive but non-stenotic lesions associated with PAN. The overall prognosis of PAN has been improved in recent decades, primarily reflecting early diagnosis and more effective treatments. Therefore, early diagnosis is critical and it warrants full investigations even in those patients without obvious multiorgan manifestations. In those instances, with mild disease, steroid monotherapy has been shown to be effective with excellent response. Our patient responded well to steroid monotherapy and we were able to gauge his response by improvement in his blood pressure.

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Adrenal Cortex HormonesAgedHumansKidney DiseasesMalePolyarteritis NodosaTreatment OutcomeAdrenal Cortex Hormones

Identifiers

PMID27440849
PMCPMC4964193
OpenAlexW2491700086

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