학술논문

Cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa in a 7-year-old boy: difficulties in diagnosis
Document Type
article
Source
Rheumatology, Vol 57, Iss 5, Pp 301-305 (2019)
Subject
juvenile polyarteritis nodosa
cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa
behçet’s disease
autoimmune/autoinflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants
diagnostics
Medicine
Language
English
ISSN
0034-6233
2084-9834
Abstract
Vasculitides are a diverse group of diseases. The potential diversity of their clinical symptoms requires the exclusion of other systemic connective tissue diseases, infectious diseases or malignancies. Due to similar clinical manifestations, comprehensive differential diagnosis is needed. This paper presents the case of a boy in whom polyarteritis nodosa, early stage of Behçet’s disease or autoimmune/autoinflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants was suspected following initial diagnostics. He was ultimately diagnosed with cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa.