title: Percutaneous transcatheter embolization of gastrointestinal bleeding in a child with polyarteritis nodosa.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Polyarteritis nodosa is a form of necrotizing vasculitis of small and medium-sized arteries. Major gastrointestinal complications are ulceration, perforation, hemorrhage, and obstruction.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report on a clinical case of a 16-year-old female patient with massive hematemesis, who was successfully treated with embolization with a 1:2 dilution of N-butyl cyanoacrylate glue.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To the best of our knowledge, this is the youngest child reported on with massive GI bleeding secondary to PAN, treated with successful percutaneous transcatheter embolization under emergency conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa, Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bas
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa, Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cesur
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Samanci
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa, Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Furuzan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Numan
keywords: Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis; Embolization, Therapeutic; Polyarteritis Nodosa