PERIARTERITIS-NODOSA REVEALED BY EPILEPSY IN DRUG-ADDICTS WITH HEPATITIS-B AND HEPATITIS-C VIRUS

The authors report a case of periarteritis nodosa (PAN) with an inaugu ral symptom of febril epilepsy. The patient was drug addict with hepat itis B and C virus. A toxoplasmic lesion originally noted on the crani al computed tomography scan was confirmed by cerebral magnetic resonan ce imaging showing encephalitis, and a diagnosis of periarteritis nodo sa was suggested by clinical signs and laboratory data. The responsibi lity of hepatitis B virus in the genesis of this PAN seems quite certa in whereas possible others factors such as hepatitis C virus or cocain are discussed.