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Polyarteritis nodosa: ischaemic intestinal pain successfully treated with nitroglycerin
Author(s) -
DAHLANDER B.,
ODEBERG H.,
HANSEN B. U.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.625
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1365-2796
pISSN - 0954-6820
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2796.1996.446784000.x
Subject(s) - medicine , polyarteritis nodosa , nitroglycerin (drug) , abdominal pain , cardiology , surgery , gastroenterology , anesthesia , vasculitis , disease
Inflammation of medium and small sized arteries caused by polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) sometimes causes acute and life threatening ischaemic intestinal complications. We report a case of PAN presenting with severe abdominal pain successfully treated with nitroglycerin.