Penetrating colon ulcer of polyarteritis nodosa - Report of a case

Citation
K. Tanakaya et al., Penetrating colon ulcer of polyarteritis nodosa - Report of a case, DIS COL REC, 44(7), 2001, pp. 1037-1039
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenerology and Hepatology
Journal title
DISEASES OF THE COLON & RECTUM
ISSN journal
00123706 → ACNP
Volume
44
Issue
7
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1037 - 1039
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-3706(200107)44:7<1037:PCUOPN>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
A 54-year-old Japanese female with polyarteritis nodosa was admitted to the hospital. She developed lower abdominal pain accompanied by melena. A pene trating ulcer and extensive hemorrhaging were endoscopically observed in th e sigmoid colon, and a sigmoidectomy was performed. The pathologic findings were a granuloma formation with lymphocytic infiltration and luminal occlu sion of branches of the mesenteric arteries. Although the gastrointestinal tract is frequently involved in polyarteritis nodosa, the colon is rarely a ffected. To our knowledge, this is the first report of polyarteritis nodosa causing a penetrating ulcer of the colon.