CASE REPORTS   

International Angiology 1999 December;18(4):335-6

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language: English

Iloprost in the management of leg ulcer in polyarteritis nodosa. A case report

Biancari F., Kantonen I., Peltomaa R., Lepantalo M.

From the Division of Vascular Surgery and * Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

The ­authors ­report the case of a ­patient with a large leg ulcer sec­on­dary to poly­ar­ter­itis nodo­sa unre­spon­sive to cor­ti­cos­ter­oid, cyto­tox­ic, and anti­co­ag­u­lant ther­a­py who was suc­cess­ful­ly treat­ed with ilo­prost.