title: Polyarteritis nodosa presenting as a biliary stricture.
abstract: Polyarteritis nodosa, a disease of the media of small and medium-sized arteries, has protean manifestations and many presenting signs and symptoms. Gastrointestinal involvement is common but involvement of the biliary tree is rare. We report a unique case of polyarteritis presenting as a biliary stricture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Barquist
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Zinner
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001649:Bile Duct Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006500:Hepatic Duct, Common; D006801:Humans; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology