SMALL-INTESTINAL PERFORATION SECONDARY TO LOCALIZED GIANT-CELL ARTERITIS OF THE MESENTERIC VESSELS - Concepedia

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SMALL-INTESTINAL PERFORATION SECONDARY TO LOCALIZED GIANT-CELL ARTERITIS OF THE MESENTERIC VESSELS

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1988

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JC Smith, Margaret O’Sullivan, J Gough, Brandon Williams

Giant-cell ArteritisSurgical PathologyHistopathologyGastroenterologyPathologyVisceral SurgerySurgerySmall-bowel PerforationMedicineRegional Mesenteric VesselsThe Mesenteric Vessels

Abstract

This report describes small-bowel perforation caused by giant-cell arteritis of the regional mesenteric vessels. No evidence of giant-cell arteritis at other sites was discovered and 18 months after presentation the patient remains well and symptom-free.