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

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1 June 1988

journal article
case report
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Rheumatology

Vol. 27 (3) , 236-238
https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/27.3.236

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.

Keywords

INTESTINAL PERFORATION
GIANT-CELL ARTERITIS
VASCULITIS

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