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23a. Polyarteritis nodosa.

This elderly woman was in very severe, intractable pain. A biopsy showed a medium sized vessel vasculitis, consistent with polyarteritis nodosa. Treatment with cyclosporine was followed by very dramatic resolution of the pain and healing of the ulcers.

Dr. Falanga
6/1/00

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23a. Polyarteritis nodosa