Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in vasculitic ulcers: a case of polyarteritis nodosa
Petra M. Pego, Inês Aguiar Câmara, José Pedro Andrade, João Matos Costa Abstract Introduction Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a systemic necrotizing medium-size-vessel vasculitis with variable clinical manifestations. Diagnosis is confirmed by histology or angiography. The mainstay of treatment is corticosteroids alone or combined with cyclophosphamide (CYF). Case report Seventy-one-year-old female, follow-up started in 1997 at the age of 56 for suspected relapsing febrile viral exanthema. Skin biopsy [...]