title: Intestinal perforation as an initial presentation of polyarteritis nodosa in an 8-year-old boy.
abstract: The case of an 8-year-old boy who had two separate gangrenous intestinal segments with perforations during the early course of polyarteritis nodosa is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Haçettepe Children's Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: H Z
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Gündoğdu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kale
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Tanyel
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Büyükpamukçu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hiçsönmez
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology