Arterial dysplasia of the colonic arteries: a rare cause of hemoperitoneum.
A case is reported of hemoperitoneum in a 66-year-old man. Abdominal angiography showed alternate narrowed and dilated segments in all the colonic arteries. A total colectomy was performed. Pathologic examination of the arteries showed, in the media and intima, some lesions of dysplastic character, which leads to a diagnosis of arterial dysplasia.
D000368:Aged; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D001158:Arteries; D003082:Colectomy; D003106:Colon / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D005352:Fibromuscular Dysplasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous