Intestinal obstruction secondary to infantile polyarteritis nodosa

Afr J Paediatr Surg. 2014 Jul-Sep;11(3):264-6. doi: 10.4103/0189-6725.137339.

Abstract

Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN) is a rare systemic necrotising vasculitis of medium and small-sized arteries. Patients typically present with systemic symptoms. Obstructive intestinal symptoms are described but usually resolve with treatment of the underlying vascular disease. We report a case of a one year old boy with multiple ischemic small bowel strictures secondary to infantile PAN, who was treated with resection of the affected segments by single port laparoscopy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anastomosis, Surgical / methods
  • Biopsy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Intestinal Obstruction / diagnosis
  • Intestinal Obstruction / etiology*
  • Intestine, Small / surgery
  • Laparoscopy
  • Male
  • Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / complications*
  • Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Polyarteritis Nodosa / complications*
  • Polyarteritis Nodosa / diagnosis
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Supplementary concepts

  • Infantile polyarteritis