A Case of Polyarteritis Nodosa Triggered by Possible COVID-19

The pandemic not only adversely affected the care of all diseases except for COVID-19, but also made some disease tables more complicated by affecting the clinic. The triggering role of COVID-19 infection in some systemic diseases such as Guillan Barre and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus is known(A). In this presentation, it is aimed to discuss the possible triggering role of COVID-19 infection in PAN vasculitis systemic disease. Since the complaints of a 26-year-old female patient who had a previous COVID-19 infection continued for a long time, ultrasonography, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET) examinations for which differential diagnosis was made, as well as tissue biopsy were taken and medical treatment was methylprednisolone, methotrexate, anti-TNF, sulfasalazine, cyclophosphamide. We present a case that was followed up with the diagnosis of Polyarterisitis Nodosa (PAN). It may take time to diagnose autoimmune systemic diseases. The triggering role of COVID-19 infection, which entered our lives as a pandemic, should be taken into account, as in other viral infection factors. In this presentation, it was concluded that the PAN vasculitis clinic was made evident by COVID-19, as in the HBV example