Mesenteric arteritis.
Four patients are presented with small bowel infarction secondary to a vascular arteritis. In three patients there was a history of rheumatoid arthritis. In each patient infarcted bowel was resected and a primary anastomosis performed. In one patient the anastomosis broke down and she subsequently died. One patient died from a disseminated rectal tumour three years later. The remaining patients remain well. If operated on early, intestinal infarction due to arteritis has a good prognosis.
Mosley
J G
JG
Department of Surgery, Leigh Infirmary.
Desai
A
A
Gupta
I
I
D000368:Aged; D001167:Arteritis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis