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*Involves small and medium sized vessels. | *Involves small and medium sized vessels. | ||
*Often - renal vessels, mesenteric vessels.<ref name=Ref_Klatt14>{{Ref Klatt|14}}</ref> | *Often - renal vessels, mesenteric vessels.<ref name=Ref_Klatt14>{{Ref Klatt|14}}</ref> | ||
**[[Lung]] involvement by PAN is considered to be rare.<ref name=pmid8100552>{{Cite journal | last1 = Matsumoto | first1 = T. | last2 = Homma | first2 = S. | last3 = Okada | first3 = M. | last4 = Kuwabara | first4 = N. | last5 = Kira | first5 = S. | last6 = Hoshi | first6 = T. | last7 = Uekusa | first7 = T. | last8 = Saiki | first8 = S. | title = The lung in polyarteritis nodosa: a pathologic study of 10 cases. | journal = Hum Pathol | volume = 24 | issue = 7 | pages = 717-24 | month = Jul | year = 1993 | doi = | PMID = 8100552 }}</ref> | |||
*Strong association with ''hepatitis B'' (see [[medical liver diseases]]); ~1/3 of patients with PAN have HBV. | *Strong association with ''hepatitis B'' (see [[medical liver diseases]]); ~1/3 of patients with PAN have HBV. | ||