A Case of Polyarteritis Nodosa Successfully Treated with Deflazacort / 대한류마티스학회지

ABSTRACT

Polyarteritis nodosa(PAN), a systemic vasculitis involving multiple organs including the nervous system, requires a long-term glucocorticoid therapy. Deflazacort is a synthetic glucocorticoid, which has been claimed to have less side effects, but its use for vasculitis has never been reported in the literature. We report a case of polyarteritis nodosa presenting with mononeuritis multiplex causing a left foot drop, which was successfully treated with deflazacort.