Case report: fatal gastrointestinal hemorrhage in mixed connective tissue disease.
We have presented the case of a young woman with MCTD who died of gastrointestinal bleeding due to fibrinoid necrosis of blood vessels of the small and large intestine. This appears to be the first recorded occurrence of such findings in MCTD.
D000328:Adult; D001160:Arterioles / Q000473:pathology; D001167:Arteritis / Q000473:pathology; D003095:Collagen Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000098:blood supply; D009336:Necrosis