Cutaneous Polyarteritis Nodosa in Childhood: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Table 1

Frequency of system involvement in childhood cPAN (𝑁=119).

Study	Total(𝑁)	Skin involvement (Subcutaneous nodules, livido reticularis, purpura, edema, and/or ulcers)	Joint involvement (Arthralgia, arthritis)	Muscle involvement (Myalgias, myositis)	Nerve involvement (Mononeuritis multiplex, peripheral neuropathy, cranial nerve palsy, and/or abnormal nerve conduction)
Ozen et al. [4]	𝑁=33	33 (100%)	13 (39%)	5 (15%)	1 (3%)
Kumar et al. [5]	𝑁=9	9 (100%)	7 (78%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Diaz-Perez et al. [6]	𝑁=5	5 (100%)	3 (60%)	5 (100%)	3 (60%)
Fink [7]	𝑁=5	5 (100%)	5 (100%)	5 (100%)	0 (0%)
Tinaztepe et al. [8]	𝑁=4	4 (100%)	4 (100%)	4 (100%)	0 (0%)
Sheth et al. [9]	𝑁=4	4 (100%)	4 (100%)	4 (100%)	2 (50%)
Topaloglu et al. [10]	𝑁=4	3 (75%)	2 (50%)	3 (75%)	4 (100%)
Fathalla et al. [11]	𝑁=4	4 (100%)	3 (75%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Kirkali et al. [12]	𝑁=3	2 (67%)	0 (0%)	1 (33%)	3 (100%)
Yonis [13]	𝑁=3	3 (100%)	0 (0%)	3 (100%)	2 (67%)
Siberry et al. [14]	𝑁=2	2 (100%)	2 (100%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Finkel et al. [15]	𝑁=2	2 (100%)	2 (100%)	2 (100%)	1 (50%)
Eleftheriou et al. [3]	𝑁=2	2 (100%)	0 (0%)	1 (50%)	1 (50%)
Till et al. [16]	𝑁=2	2 (100%)	2 (100%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Single case reports [17–53]	𝑁=37	𝑁=35 (95%)	𝑁=22 (59%)	𝑁=18 (49%)	𝑁=5 (14%)
TOTAL	𝑁=119	115 (96.6)	69 (58.0)	51 (42.9)	22 (18.5%)