TY - JOUR
T1 - Polyarteritis nodosa and acute abdomen
T2 - A role for laparoscopy?
AU - Asti, Emanuele
AU - Pogliani, Luca
AU - Tritella, Stefania
AU - Bonavina, Luigi
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Mesenteric vasculitis secondary to polyarteritis nodosa represents an atypical but potentially life-threatening cause of bowel ischemia and acute abdomen. The patient presented with severe abdominal pain of recent onset, pitting edema of the legs, renal failure and bowel wall thickening suggestive of mesenteric ischemia on CT scan. Early laparoscopy allowed to rule out proximal bowel necrosis and resection was avoided. The patient was successfully managed with corticosteroid therapy and repeated hemodialysis sessions.
AB - Mesenteric vasculitis secondary to polyarteritis nodosa represents an atypical but potentially life-threatening cause of bowel ischemia and acute abdomen. The patient presented with severe abdominal pain of recent onset, pitting edema of the legs, renal failure and bowel wall thickening suggestive of mesenteric ischemia on CT scan. Early laparoscopy allowed to rule out proximal bowel necrosis and resection was avoided. The patient was successfully managed with corticosteroid therapy and repeated hemodialysis sessions.
KW - Acute abdomen
KW - Laparoscopy
KW - Mesenteric ischemia
KW - Mesenteric vasculitis
KW - Pitting edema
KW - Polyarteritis nodosa
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.11.007
DO - 10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.11.007
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84949570500
VL - 17
SP - 161
EP - 163
JO - International Journal of Surgery Case Reports
JF - International Journal of Surgery Case Reports
SN - 2210-2612
ER -