2025/10/01 by Maho Hatano, Hitoshi Irabu, Y. Hayashi +1 · 1 voice
Medicine · #Inflammatory Myopathies and Dermatomyositis #Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders #Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
paper · pdf · doi:10.3899/jrheum.2025-0771
openalex publication_date 2025/10/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
Muscular polyarteritis nodosa (PAN), in which involvement is confined to skeletal muscle, is a rare and often underrecognized clinical entity. Patients typically present with nonspecific features, such as fever and myalgia, without a rise in serum creatine kinase (CK) levels,<sup>1</sup> making diagnosis challenging and often delayed.