usmle262005
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A 58-year old woman has aneurysms and renal involvement. Pick one answer:
A. polyarteritis nodosa (PAN)
B. Churg-Strauss disease
C. Henoch-Schonlein purpura
D. Wegener's granulomatosis
E. Giant cell arteritis
F. Kawasaki disease
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| mazinger
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| usmle262005
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yes the ans is A
Churg-Strauss and PAN are very similar. The big different is that PAN has RANal (mnemonic for PAN is RANal) involvement, in Churg-Strauss it is very rare. If they want you to pick Churg-Strauss they would give you bundant eosinophilia and granulomas as its characteristics.
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