Allanore Yannick, Rosenberg Carole, Vignaux Olivier, Legmann Paul, Kanev K, Menkes Charles J, Kahan Andre
Paris V University, Departments of Rheumatology and Radiology; Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France.
J Rheumatol. 2004 Sep;31(9):1858-60.
Polyarteritis nodosa is a rare life-threatening disease characterized by necrotizing vasculitis of small and median arteries. We describe the exceptional case of a 28-year-old man with successive spontaneous visceral hematomas of the kidney, bladder, and liver. Arteriography was performed for a recent spontaneous hepatic hematoma and a microaneurysm was detected, allowing the diagnosis of polyarteritis nodosa and prescription of appropriate treatment.