title: Mesenteric arteritis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Leigh Infirmary.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Mosley
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: 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