Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN): management
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN): management. Full blood count, Urinalysis: for proteinuria and haematuria. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Routine blood tests
- Full blood count
- Urinalysis: for proteinuria and haematuria
- Erythrocyte sedimentation rate ESR)
- C‐reactive protein (CRP)
- Muscle enzymes
- Liver function tests
- Serum creatinine
- Blood cultures
Viral tests
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Autoimmune tests
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Imaging tests
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Conventional treatments
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Emerging treatments
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References
- Pagnoux C, Seror R, Henegar C, et al. Clinical features and outcomes in 348 patients with polyarteritis nodosa: a systematic retrospective study of patients diagnosed between 1963 and 2005 and entered into the French Vasculitis Study Group Database. Arthritis Rheum 2010; 62:616-626.
- Howard T, Ahmad K, Swanson JA, Misra S. Polyarteritis nodosa. Tech Vasc Interv Radiol 2014; 17:247-251.
- Capuozzo M, Ottaiano A, Nava E, Cascone S, Fico R, Iaffaioli RV, Cinque C. Etanercept induces remission of polyarteritis nodosa: a case report. Front Pharmacol 2014; 5:122.
- Akiyama M, Kaneko Y, Takeuchi T. Tocilizumab for the treatment of polyarteritis nodosa: a systematic literature review. Ann Rheum Dis 2020 (Online ahead of print).
- Watanabe K, Rajderkar DA, Modica RF. A case of polyarteritis nodosa associated with vertebral artery vasculitis treated successfully with tocilizumab and cyclophosphamide. Case Rep Pediatr 2016; 2016:7987081.
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