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2897859

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-6-24
pubmed:abstractText
A patient with polyarteritis nodosa developed necrotizing enterocolitis, as indicated by pneumatosis intestinalis seen on computed tomographic scans of the abdomen. Despite immunosuppressive therapy and concomitant resolution of the intramural and portal venous gas and general clinical improvement, on 2 occasions (between 20 and 30 days later) the patient developed bowel infarctions and perforations that necessitated bowel resection. Leaks developed at anastomotic sites, but were not closed surgically. However, these sites and the lower quadrants of the abdomen were drained, and the patient was given total parenteral nutrition. Over a 2-month period the patient completely recovered from this nearly always fatal gastrointestinal complication of polyarteritis nodosa. The medical, surgical, and radiographic approach we used may be applicable to the management of similar cases in the future.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0004-3591
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
683-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Successful management of catastrophic gastrointestinal involvement in polyarteritis nodosa.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports