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Association between polyarteritis nodosa and antiphospholipid syndrome: case report and literature review

We describe here the case of a 37 years old man with polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) associated to antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), that developed intense endothelial dysfunction, several aneurisms and arterial occlusions, including pseudo-aneurism of the gastric-duodenal artery. We performed a literature review this rare association between PAN and APS.

polyarteritis nodosa; antiphospholipid syndrome; endothelial dysfunction; aneurisms


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