A CASE OF CHURG-STRAUSS VASCULITIS COMPLICATED BY SMALL-BOWEL NECROSIS

Authors
SCHORETSANITIS GN WAKELY DM MADDOX T WASTELL C
Citation
Gn. Schoretsanitis et al., A CASE OF CHURG-STRAUSS VASCULITIS COMPLICATED BY SMALL-BOWEL NECROSIS, Postgraduate medical journal, 69(816), 1993, pp. 828-831
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Postgraduate medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00325473
Volume
69
Issue
816
Year of publication
1993
Pages
828 - 831
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5473(1993)69:816<828:ACOCVC>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
A case of Churg-Strauss syndrome causing mesenteric intestinal ischaem ia and small bowel necrosis is decribed in a 29-year-old man. Despite conservative management, the patient's condition deteriorated and he u nderwent five laparotomies. Small and medium-sized arteries within the mesentery and lymph nodes showed necrotizing vasculitis. Currently he is doing well on oral nutrition and medical management.