Lexic.us

Definition of Periarteritis nodosa

1. Noun. A progressive disease of connective tissue that is characterized by nodules along arteries; nodules may block the artery and result in inadequate circulation to the particular area.

Medical Definition of Periarteritis nodosa

1. Necrotizing vasculitis of medium-sized arteries, usually in male adults, associated with hepatitis B antigen, kidney: most frquently involved organ (85%), multiple small intrarenal aneurysms, aneurysms may disappear (thrombosis) or appear in new locations, arterial narrowing and thrombosis (chronic/healing stage), multiple small cortical infarcts, associated with hypertension and renal failure, chest involvement (70%), cardiomegaly/pericardial effusion (14%), wedge shaped/round peripheral infiltrates simulating PE (14%), interstitial lower lung field pneumonitis, also may involve liver (66%), mesenteric vessels (50%), skeletal muscle (39%), skin (20%) (12 Dec 1998)

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Literary usage of Periarteritis nodosa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diseases of the Heart and Arterial System: Designed to be a Practical by Robert Hall Babcock (1909)
"The designation periarteritis nodosa was bestowed upon it by Kussmaul because of his conception of the process as an inflammation originating in the ..."

2. A Handbook of Medical Diagnosis: For the Use of Practitioners and Students by James Cornelius Wilson (1915)
"periarteritis nodosa; Congenital Aneurism. The medium-sized arteries, especially those of the muscles, and the heart, spleen, liver, kidneys, intestines, ..."

3. The Oxford Medicineby Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"periarteritis nodosa; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA periarteritis nodosa is an acute inflammatory disease of the small muscular arteries of the body. ..."

4. The Journal of Medical Research (1901)
"Up to the present the literature contains the reports of fifty-two cases described as periarteritis nodosa. In addition to these there are probably a number ..."

5. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"(1f—70) (1f—70) The Experimental Production of periarteritis nodosa in the Rabbit with a Consideration of the Specific Causal Excitant. ..."

6. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1899)
"Freund (21) has called attention to the resemblance between the accumulations of cells around the blood-vessels in periarteritis nodosa and ..."

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