title: Acute self-limiting jejunitis as the first manifestation of microscopic polyangiitis associated with Sjogren's disease: report of one case and review of the literature.
abstract: We report a case of acute self-limiting ulcerative jejunitis of unknown aetiology in a 72-year-old female patient in which a subsequent diagnosis of microscopic polyangiitis and Sjogren's syndrome was made. All known causes of jejunal ulceration and inflammation were excluded. Previously reported cases of acute self-limiting jejunitis are reviewed and the possibility that acute jejunitis in this patient had been the first manifestation of systemic vasculitis is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Medicina II, Ospedale Valduce, Como, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Radaelli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Meucci
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Spinzi
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Terruzzi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Imperiali
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lenoci
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Strocchi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sangiovanni
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Terreni
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Quarenghi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Minoli
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D019268:Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic / Q000097:blood; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D005260:Female; D005923:Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D019268:Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic; D001323:Autoantibodies