Multiple spontaneous visceral hematomas revealing polyarteritis noclosa

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1858-1860

  Allanore, Yannick ^a,b   Rosenberg, Carole ^a   Vignaux, Olivier ^b   Legmann, Paul ^b   Kanev, K ^c   Menkes, Charles J ^b   Kahan, Andre ^b  

^a Department of Rheumatology ^*  (France)

^b Institut Cochin   (France)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Polyarteritis nodosa; Visceral hematoma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LIVER HEMATOMA; MALE; MICROANEURYSM; MYALGIA; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; NEURITIS; ORCHITIS; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SKIN DEFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISCERA;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; HEMATOMA; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 4444334215     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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