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Three Cases of Polyarteritis Nodosa Cutanea and a Review of the Literature
Author(s) -
Gushi Akira,
Hashiguchi Takaki,
Fukumaru Keiko,
Usuki Kazunari,
Kanekura Takuro,
Kanzaki Tamotsu
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2000.tb02281.x
Subject(s) - polyarteritis nodosa , medicine , disease , dermatology , arteritis , systemic disease , skin lesion , lesion , pathology , vasculitis
We describe three cases of polyarteritis nodosa cutanea (PNC) showing necrotizing arteritis and only cutaneous lesions without systemic symptoms or visceral involvement for eleven, six, and three years after the onset of the disease. Since it was first described, there has been continuous controversy as to whether PNC progresses to systemic PN. Some cases have been described which had begun with a cutaneous lesion and progressed to the systemic form 19 and 18 years after the onset of the disease, so we believe that long term follow‐up of this disease is essential.