Isolated polyarteritis nodosa of the large bowel: a case report.
Polyarteritis nodosa is a form of vasculitis that affects several organs. Gastrointestinal involvement is frequent, but cases in which the gastrointestinal tract is the only site of disease are rare. In this paper we report a case of a 70-year-old patient with polyarteritis nodosa restricted to the large intestine, who underwent a total colectomy. The patient had no other signs of chronic vasculitis and for this reason surgical treatment resolved the clinical symptoms.
Gambino
Giovanni
G
First Unit General Surgery, A.O. V. Cervello, Palermo.
Rizzuto
Maria Rosa
MR
Spallitta
Ivan Salvatore
IS
Rizzo
Aroldo
A
Branca
Massimo
M
Guccione
Marzio
M
Airò Farulla
Marco
M
Scio
Antonio
A
Nicoli
Nicola
N
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007420:Intestine, Large / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery