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A case of polyarteritis is reported in an 18-year old woman, occurring 2 years after an allogeneic bone marrow transplant. The clinical manifestations were similar to those of polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) with a wide range of organs involved including life-threatening cardiac and mesenteric problems requiring plasmapheresis and intravenous immunoglobulin (IgIV).
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Ysebaert, L., Deconinck, E., Larosa, F. et al. Polyvisceral arteritis in chronic graft-versus-host disease: antiphospholipid-negative thrombotic syndrome mimicking polyarteritis nodosa. Bone Marrow Transplant 29, 873–874 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1703560
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