[Gastrointestinal bleeding and intestinal perforation due to polyarteritis nodosa in a patient with celiac disease. A case report]. / Hemorragia digestiva y perforación intestinal secundarias a panarteritis nodosa en un paciente con enfermedad celiaca. Presentación de un caso.
Acta Gastroenterol Latinoam
; 41(4): 312-6, 2011 Dec.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22292228
ABSTRACT
Complications of celiac disease could present with intestinal perforation and rarely, gastrointestinal bleeding, which are usually secondary to nongranulomatous ulcerative jejunoileitis or T-cell lymphoma. We describe the case of a 66-year-old male patient with an 8-year history of celiac disease (CD) who presented with recurrent abdominal pain and gastrointestinal bleeding. Several tests were performed to find out possible complications associated to CD. Due to an overt gastrointestinal bleeding, an arteriography was performed and signs of polyarteritis nodosa were found. Vascular disease was aggressive, and despite multiple medical and surgical treatments the patient died. As arteriography is not usually performed for the study of the complications of CD, it is possible that the association between CD and PAN has been underdiagnosed.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Poliarterite Nodosa
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Doença Celíaca
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Hemorragia Gastrointestinal
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Perfuração Intestinal
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Acta Gastroenterol Latinoam
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Argentina