Pneumatosis intestinalis in a patient with polyarteritis nodosa.
Necrotizing enterocolitis of the small bowel in polyarteritis nodosa is rare. In the proper clinical setting, pneumatosis intestinalis and mesenteric air are characteristic of this entity.
D000328:Adult; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011006:Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / Q000150:complications*; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography