Ettlinger R E, Nelson A M, Burke E C, Lie J T
Arthritis Rheum. 1979 Aug;22(8):820-5. doi: 10.1002/art.1780220803.
The clinical and pathologic findings of 2 infants and 7 older children with polyarteritis nodosa who were autopsied are reported. The most frequent clinical features included prolonged high fever, skin rash, abdominal symptoms, leukocytosis, proteinuria, and signs of either cardiac or renal failure. The 2 infants died of cardiac arrest, whereas renal or neurologic involvement was the most common cause of death in the older children. A consistent finding at autopsy was arteritis of the epicardial coronary arteries.
报告了2例婴儿和7例较大儿童结节性多动脉炎尸检的临床和病理结果。最常见的临床特征包括持续高热、皮疹、腹部症状、白细胞增多、蛋白尿以及心脏或肾衰竭体征。2例婴儿死于心脏骤停，而肾脏或神经系统受累是较大儿童最常见的死亡原因。尸检中一个一致的发现是心外膜冠状动脉炎。
