With the initial presentation of nodules, a clinician must rule out infectious disorders including various bacterial, viral, and parasitic infections. Other vasoocclusive disorders such as ...

Doctors in Salt Lake City discovered Wesley had a rare autoimmune disease called polyarteritis nodosa or PAN. After returning home Wesley was admitted at the University of Iowa Stead Family ...

The Peterson family of Iowa City welcomed its newest member partway through last year. Baby Wesley was just four months old when his parents noticed some issues in August. “He started getting sick ...

Patients respond to low dose steroids. Polyarteritis nodosa affects the arteries of the organs such as the kidneys, testes, skin and gastrointestinal system. The main features are nonspecific ...

We also can see other major vasculitis such as Cryoglobulinemic vasculitis in hepatitis C, you can see a Polyarteritis nodosa with hepatitis B, we have seen some different type of vasculitis with ...