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Angiographic illustration of aneurysmal involvement of renal, hepatic, and splenic arteries in a 10-year-old boy, led to correct diagnosis of polyarteritis nodosa. A follow-up study one year after cyclophosphamide and prednisone therapy showed near complete resolution of the arterial lesions and a marked improvement of renal blood flow.
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Yousefzadeh, D.K., Chow, K.C. & Benson, C.A. Polyarteritis nodosa: Regression of arterial aneurysms following immunosuppressive and corticosteroid therapy. Pediatr Radiol 10, 139–141 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00975187
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