The Relationship Between Periarteritis Nodosa and Sarcoidosis

Article1 February 1953THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERIARTERITIS NODOSA AND SARCOIDOSISALBERT JACKSON, M.D., IRVING KASS, M.D.ALBERT JACKSON, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, IRVING KASS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-38-2-288 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn their recent article, Churg and Strauss14 again called attention to the fact that they have found, in additional chronic cases of periarteritis nodosa, not only the typical vascular lesions but also extravascular granulomas.The purpose of this study is to review five autopsied cases of periarteritis nodosa and one case of sarcoidosis proved by biopsy. We would also like to consider the etiologic, clinical and histologic similarities between these two conditions, hitherto considered as distinctly separate entities.CASE REPORTSCase 1. 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