scholarly journals Polyarteritis nodosa presenting with frank hematuria

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 172
Author(s):  
Muhammad Shabi Ahmad ◽  
Aninda Saha ◽  
David Reaich ◽  
Geoffery P. Naisby ◽  
Alaiyi Fred West
Keyword(s):  
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate ◽  
Sedimentation Rate ◽  
Polyarteritis Nodosa ◽  
False Aneurysm ◽  
Testicular Pain ◽  
Erythrocyte Sedimentation ◽  
Urological Symptoms

Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is an uncommon systemic vasculitischaracterized by necrotizing inflammation of small- or mediumsizedarteries. The disease normally presents with non-specificsymptoms. Urological symptoms at presentation are extremely rare.We report a 65-year-old man who was diagnosed with a polyarteritisnodosa having presented atypically with left testicular pain andswelling, and an intratesticular lesion. He developed painless visiblehematuria while under investigation. No gross arterio-venousfistula was seen to suggest a false aneurysm. Subsequently, laboratorystudies showed positive anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodylevels and a raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate. This was anunusual presentation of PAN diagnosed with multidisciplinaryinput from the urology, radiology and nephrology teams.

scholarly journals Isolated Spinal Cord Arteritis

1975 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Feasby ◽  
Gary G. Ferguson ◽  
J.C.E. Kaufmann
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate ◽  
Laboratory Study ◽  
Sedimentation Rate ◽  
Polyarteritis Nodosa ◽  
Cervical Myelopathy ◽  
Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy ◽  
Vascular Lesions ◽  
Erythrocyte Sedimentation

SUMMARY:This patient presented as a subacute progressive cervical myelopathy and the differential diagnosis included cervical spondylotic myelopathy and intramedullary mass. Microscopically, vascular lesions plus a patchy myelomalacia indicated a vasculitis. However, there was no suggestion of a generalized vasculitis at autopsy and the only supporting laboratory study was a raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate. It would seem that a vasculitis similar to polyarteritis nodosa or other collagen disease may be confined to the spinal cord.

Prognostic Value of Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate in Patients with Colorectal Cancer

2008 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 351
Author(s):  
Young Ki Kim ◽  
Seong Woo Hong ◽  
Jung Woo Chun ◽  
Yeo Goo Chang ◽  
In Wook Paik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate ◽  
Sedimentation Rate ◽  
Prognostic Value ◽  
Erythrocyte Sedimentation

Diagnostic value of procalcitonin, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), quantitative C-reactive protein (CRP) and clinical findings associated with osteomyelitis in patients with diabetic foot

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Zahra Soleimani ◽  
Fatemeh Amighi ◽  
Zarichehr Vakili ◽  
Mansooreh Momen-Heravi ◽  
Seyyed Alireza Moravveji
Keyword(s):  
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate ◽  
Sedimentation Rate ◽  
Roc Curve ◽  
Diabetic Foot ◽  
Diagnostic Value ◽  
Clinical Findings ◽  
Diabetic Patients ◽  
C Reactive Protein ◽  
Reactive Protein ◽  
Erythrocyte Sedimentation

BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of osteomyelitis is a key step of diabetic foot management. Procalcitonin (PCT) is a novel infection marker. This study aimed to investigate the diagnostic value of procalcitonin and other conventional infection markers and clinical findings in diagnosis of osteomyelitis in diabetic foot patients. METHODS AND MATERIALS: This diagnostic value study was carried out on ninety patients with diabetic infected foot ulcers admitted in Kashan Beheshti Hospital, 2016. After obtaining consent, 10 cc blood sample was taken for measuring serum PCT, CBC, ESR, CRP and FBS. Clinical characteristics of the wounds were noted. Magnetic resonance imaging of the foot was performed in all patients to diagnose osteomyelitis. All statistical analyses were done with the use of SPSS-16. RESULTS: PCT levels were 0.13 ± 0.02 ng/mili patients with osteomyelitis (n= 45) and 0.04 ± 0.02 ng/ml in patients without osteomyelitis (n= 45). PCT, Erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein was found significantly higher in patients with osteomyelitis (p< 0.001). The ROC curve was calculated for PCT. The area under the ROC curve for infection identification was 1 (p< 0.001). The best cut-off value for PCT was 0.085 ng/ml. Sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values were 100%, 97.8%,97.8% and 100%, respectively. CONCLUSION: In this group of patients, PCT was useful to discriminate patients with bone infection. Also, Erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein can be used as a marker of osteomyelitis in diabetic patients.

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