Malignant hypertension as a cause of massive intestinal bleeding.
A forty-one year old man with a three year history of malignant hypertension developed massive rectal bleeding. A mesenteric arteriogram showed vascular changes compatible with necrotizing angitis. Histologic examination of the resected right hemicolon confirmed malignant hypertension as the cause of angitis.
D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000473:pathology; D003082:Colectomy; D003106:Colon / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006400:Hematocrit; D006801:Humans; D006974:Hypertension, Malignant / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D007082:Ileum / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D012007:Rectum