Polyarteritis nodosa presenting with hypertensive encephalopathy

J Vora; J Cooper; J P Thomas

Polyarteritis nodosa presenting with hypertensive encephalopathy

Br J Clin Pract. 1992 Summer;46(2):144-5.

Authors

J Vora¹, J Cooper, J P Thomas

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.

PMID: 1360808

Abstract

Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a rare cause of malignant hypertension. As far as we are aware, hypertensive encephalopathy has not been described in the literature as a presenting feature of PAN.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / etiology*
Humans
Hypertension, Malignant / etiology*
Male
Polyarteritis Nodosa / complications*
Polyarteritis Nodosa / diagnostic imaging
Radiography
Renal Artery / diagnostic imaging