title: Jejunal vasculitis in patient with rheumatoid arthritis: case report and literature review.
abstract: A 57-year-old man with rheumatoid arthritis presented severe abdominal pain symptomatic of panperitonitis. Computer tomography findings were consistent with vasculitis on the jejunum. Confirmatory angiography was conducted. Since abdominal vasculitis in rheumatoid arthritis is very rare, early diagnosis and treatment should be done according to clinical manifestation. In this case, high-dose steroid treatment was applied based on clinical manifestation, laboratory findings, and radiologic finding. After therapy, clinical manifestation and flare-up arthritis diminished.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Dong-A University Hospital, Pusan, Korea. leesy@dau.ac.kr
authors.forename: Sang Yeob
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sung Won
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Won Tae
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007583:Jejunum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging