Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a necrotizing vasculitis of small and medium sized muscular arteries. The spectrum of the clinical presentation can range from an apparently limited disease to fulminant polyvisceral failure. We report a fatal case of isolated cardiac PAN presenting as an acute febrile rash and hypotension.
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