Milena Gouveia Paiva
Student of the Medicine Course at
Centro Universitário Maurício de Nassau, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. Email:
milenagpsouza@gmail.com
Anna Beatriz Siqueira Lima
Student of
the Medicine Course at Centro Universitário Maurício de Nassau, Recife,
Pernambuco, Brazil. Email:annabsiqueiralima@gmail.com
Anna Luiza Cavalcanti Lopes Tavares
Student of
the Medicine Course at Centro Universitário Maurício de Nassau, Recife,
Pernambuco, Brazil. Email:
annalutavares88@gmail.com
Maria Helena Queiroz de Araújo Mariano
Professor of the discipline of
Rheumatology at the Centro Universitário Maurício de Nassau (UNINASSAU) and
collaborating professor of the discipline of Rheumatology at the Faculty of
Medical Sciences of the University of Pernambuco (FCM/UPE). Rheumatologist at
the Oswaldo Cruz University Hospital - UPE, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. Email: habhelena58@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
The present
study intends to carry out a literature review on polyarteritis nodosa (PAN),
with the aim of analyzing the clinical repercussions and therapeutic management
of the disease. The
research was based on scientific articles in Portuguese and English published
between 2010 and 2023, selected from scientific databases such as Pubmed and
SciELO that were available in full. The results showed that polyarteritis
nodosa is a vasculitis of rare incidence and unknown etiology that causes acute inflammation and fibrinoid
necrosis of small and medium-sized arteries. Signs and symptoms can affect
different sites, preferably the kidneys, skin, joints, muscles, peripheral
nerves and gastrointestinal tract. It is considered a pathology that is
difficult to diagnose and treat.
Keywords: Polyarteritis nodosa; Vasculitis; Inflammation.
Reviewed by Current Scientific Journal
on
outubro 11, 2023
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