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Two patients with cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa with nodules in the lower extremities and another patient with an unusual presentation of polyarteritis nodosa involving only the arteries of the breast are reported.
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Levy, A., Weinberger, A., Mor, C. et al. Localized polyarteritis nodosa: cases involving the lower extremities and the breast. Rheumatol Int 6, 43–44 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00270664
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