MASSIVE PERIRENAL HEMORRHAGE IN PERIARTERITIS NODOSA
Authors: R H HORN, E L HELLER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1949)

Case Reports1 May 1949MASSIVE PERIRENAL HEMORRHAGE IN PERIARTERITIS NODOSARICHARD H. HORN, M.D., ELWYN L. HELLER, M.D.RICHARD H. HORN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ELWYN L. HELLER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-30-5-1060 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPeriarteritis nodosa has been described with increasing frequency during the past two decades. It is probable that this apparent increase reflects a wider recognition of the entity both clinically and pathologically. The great diversity of symptoms and pathologic processes characteristic of this disease results from the widespread distribution of the vascular lesions which are responsible for the secondary visceral reactions.Although the kidney is involved more frequently than other organs,1massive perirenal hemorrhage is an unusual complication of periarteritis nodosa. We have been able to find nine such cases reported.2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10In two...Bibliography1. MCCALLPENNOCK MJW: Periarteritis nodosa: Our present knowledge of the disease, Ann. Int. Med., 1944, xxi, 628-637. Google Scholar2. MERTENS E: Über Periarteritis nodosa Massenblutung ins Nierenlager, Klin. Wchnschr., 1922, i, 1841-1843. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. HARRISFRIEDRICHS WHAV: Periarteritis nodosa, with a classification of the pathology, Jr. Med. Res., 1922, xliii, 285-315. Google Scholar4. LAUX FJ: Zur Klinik der Periarteriitis nodosa, Mitt. a. d. Grenzgeb. d. Med. u. Chir., 1925, xxxviii, 581-591. Google Scholar5. WALDROPLUNA CPDF: Revista anatomico-clinica a proposito de una observacion de periarteritis nodosa a forma renal, de curso agudo y que ocasiono un hematoma perirrenal, Rev. Asoc. med. Argent., 1939, liii, 435-448. Google Scholar6. CANNY AJ: Some unusual renal lesions associated with vascular hypertension, Med. Jr. Australia, 1940, ii, 631-638. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. ROLNICKDAVIDSOHN HCI: Involvement of the kidney in periarteritis nodosa, Urol. and Cutan. Rev., 1942, xlvi, 626-629. Google Scholar8. SOLOMONKASICHKIVEN SMN: Periarteritis nodosa, with report of three cases diagnosed during life, Ann. Int. Med., 1944, xxi, 638-644. Google Scholar9. HARDEMANN EF: Massive bilateral perirenal hemorrhage in periarteritis nodosa, Bull. Charlotte Mem. Hosp., 1944, i, 35-38. Google Scholar10. BICKFORDPRENTICE JAAI: Periarteritis nodosa—report of a case, Lancet, 1945, i, 689-690. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. RICH AR: The rôle of hypersensitivity in periarteritis nodosa, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1942, lxxi, 123-140. Google Scholar12. RICH AR: Additional evidence of the rôle of hypersensitivity in the etiology of periarteritis nodosa, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1942, lxxi, 375-379. Google Scholar13. RICHGREGORY ARJE: Experimental demonstration that periarteritis nodosa is a manifestation of hypersensitivity, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1943, lxxii 65-88. Google Scholar14. RACKEMANNGREENE FMJS: Periarteritis nodosa and asthma, Trans. Assoc. Am. Phys., 1939, liv, 112-118. Google Scholar15. BERGSTRAND H: Om fall av asthma bronchiale kombinerade med Periarteriitis nodosa, Nord. med. (Hygiea), 1939, iii, 2343-2345. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania*Received for publication June 9, 1947.From the Departments of Medicine and Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, and Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySpontaneous Rupture of the KidneyPolyarteritis Nodosa Complicated by a Multiple Sclerosis Like SyndromeCase 1-1962Studies on Periarteritis Nodosa with Special Reference to Cardiac and Renal Involvement and Possible Aetiological FactorsSystemerkrankungen der Blutgef��e als Ursache akuter Baucherscheinungen 1 May 1949Volume 30, Issue 5Page: 1060-1064KeywordsHemorrhageHospital medicineKidneysLesionsVascular diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1949 PDF downloadLoading ...