Which is associated with vasculitis of medium sized vessels
Refer robbins 9/e p506 Polyaeritis nodosa (PAN), is a systemicnecrotizing inflammation of blood vessels (vasculitis) affecting medium-sized muscular aeries, typically involving the aeries of the kidneys and other internal organs but generally sparing the lungs' circulation. Polyaeritis nodosa may be present in infants. In polyaeritis nodosa, small aneurysms are strung like the beads of a rosary, therefore making "rosary sign" an impoant diagnostic feature of the vasculitis. PAN is associated with infection by the hepatitis B or hepatitis Cvirus
Temporal aeritis
Wegener's granulomatosis
Polyaeritis nodosa
Henoch schalein purpura
Cardiovascular system