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Polyarteritis nodosa and drug abuse: is there a connection?
N Samuels1, O Shemesh, A M Yinnon
1Department of Internal Medicine B, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Postgraduate Medical Journal
|November 1, 1996
Abstract:
Drug abuse has been controversially linked to polyarteritis nodosa. A 28-year-old man with a history of drug abuse with inhaled heroin presented with an enigmatic illness consisting of refractory fever, bilateral pleural effusions, migratory polyarthritis, and a leukaemoid reaction. An abdominal angiography confirmed the diagnosis of polyarteritis nodosa, and treatment with both prednisone and cyclophosphamide resulted in significant clinical and laboratory improvement.