Kussmaul's disease


polyarteritis

 [pol″e-ahr″tĕ-ri´tis] multiple sites of inflammatory and destructive lesions in the arterial system.polyarteritis nodo´sa a form of systemic necrotizing vasculitis involving the small and medium-sized arteries with signs and symptoms resulting from infarction and scarring of the affected organ system. Called also Kussmaul's disease and periarteritis nodosa.

Kussmaul's disease

An infrequently used eponym for polyarteritis nodosa. See also: Kussmaul, Adolph