Cutaneous Polyarteritis Nodosa Presenting with Digital Gangrene

Authors

  • K Jagadish Kumar JSS Medical College, JSS University, Mysore
  • Subramanian Ramaswamy JSS Medical College, JSS University, Mysore
  • Karen Saldana JSS Medical College, JSS University, Mysore

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v36i1.14481

Keywords:

Cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa, subcutaneous nodules, Vasculitis, Gangrene, Steroids

Abstract

Cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa is a vasculitis with characteristic manifestations like tender subcutaneous nodules, livedo reticularis, cutaneous ulcers and necrosis. Diagnosis requires histopathologic evidence of necrotizing inflammation of the medium and small arteries. We report a six year old girl with cutaneous PAN with gangenous changes of the fingertips which responded to methylprednisolone.  

J Nepal Paediatr Soc 2016;36(1):82-84.

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Author Biographies

K Jagadish Kumar, JSS Medical College, JSS University, Mysore

Professor of Paediatrics

Subramanian Ramaswamy, JSS Medical College, JSS University, Mysore

Post doctoral Fellow (Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology) Associate Professor, Dept. of Rheumatology and Immunology

Karen Saldana, JSS Medical College, JSS University, Mysore

Resident in Paediatrics

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Published

2016-10-22

How to Cite

Kumar, K. J., Ramaswamy, S., & Saldana, K. (2016). Cutaneous Polyarteritis Nodosa Presenting with Digital Gangrene. Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society, 36(1), 82–84. https://doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v36i1.14481

Issue

Vol. 36 No. 1 (2016)

Section

Brief Reports/Case Reports/Case Series

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