Diagnosis and Clinical Management of Childhood Vasculitic Disease

Diagnosis and clinical management of childhood vasculitic disease MJ Dillon Hospital for Sick Children.London.UK Table 1 Childhood vasculitis • Polyarteritis Macroscopic Microscopic Macroscopic polyarteritis (polyarteritis nodosa)This is the form of polyarteritis in which necrotizing vasculitis is associated with aneurysmal nodules along the walls of medium-sized arteries; it is akin to the disease described by Kussmaul and Maier in 1866,5 Typically it is a disease of adults in middle life but it can and does occur in childhood.e-eThere may, as reported in adults, be some overlap with smaller vessel disease but