A case of polyarteritis nodosa with periurethral aseptic abscesses and testicular lesions

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1113-1115

  Watanabe, Kaori ^a   Nanki, Toshihiro ^a   Sugihara, Takehiko ^a   Miyasaka, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Periurethral aseptic abscess; Polyarteritis nodosa; Testicular tumor; Testicular vasculitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FIBRIN DEPOSITION; FOOT SOLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVEDO RETICULARIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PENILE SWELLING; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PURPURA; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN ULCER; SURAL NERVE; TESTIS DISEASE; URETHRA FISTULA;

ABSCESS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTIS; URETHRA; URETHRAL DISEASES;

EID: 59149096269     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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