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Cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa and pulmonary arterial hypertension: An unexpected liaison. A case report.

Elsa BerardiGianfranco AntonicaAnnagrazia ProcaccioDonatello MarzilianoNicola SuscaPatrizia LeoneCarlo SabbàVito RacanelliMarcella Prete
Published in: Medicine (2023)
To date, this is the first case report describing the association between cPAN and PAH. In this case, PAH is a complication of the cutaneous vasculitides suggesting that vasculopathy could play a role in the pathophysiology of PAH. However, the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms still have to be firmly established.
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