title: Rare Case of Vasculitis of the Hepatic Artery.
abstract: Vasculitis is an accumulation of inflammatory leucocytes in the blood vessels with reactive damage to mural structures. Isolated vasculitis of the gastrointestinal tract without systemic involvement is rare. We report a unique case of a female patient who presented with abdominal pain, and was found, on serology, to have elevated inflammatory markers without autoantibodies. A computed tomography scan of the abdomen and pelvis was suggestive of vasculitis of the hepatic artery. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case, to date, of vasculitis of hepatic artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, Wisconsin USA mail.padmavthi@marshfieldclinic.org.
authors.forename: Padmavathi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mali
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, Wisconsin USA.
authors.forename: Sudheer R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Muduganti
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, Wisconsin USA.
authors.forename: Jerry
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goldberg
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D018836:Inflammation Mediators / Q000097:blood*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000097:blood* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D018836:Inflammation Mediators
keywords: Hepatic artery; Incidental; Vasculitis