Polyarteritis nodosa clinically masquerading as temporal arteritis with lymphadenopathy

B A Walz LeBlanc; E C Keystone; J T Feltis; W R Geddie; J T Lie

Polyarteritis nodosa clinically masquerading as temporal arteritis with lymphadenopathy

J Rheumatol. 1994 May;21(5):949-52.

Authors

B A Walz LeBlanc¹, E C Keystone, J T Feltis, W R Geddie, J T Lie

Affiliation

¹ Division of Rheumatology, Credit Valley Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.

PMID: 7914925

Abstract

We describe a patient with biopsy proven polyarteritis nodosa who presented with headache, scalp tenderness and lymphadenopathy. This case illustrates the need to be wary of conditions mimicking temporal arteritis.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Diagnosis, Differential
Giant Cell Arteritis / complications*
Humans
Lymphatic Diseases / etiology*
Male
Polyarteritis Nodosa / complications*