Open AccessPolyarteritis nodosa: An unusual cause of life-threatening intra-abdominal bleeding
Author(s) -
Koen Verdonk,
Jeroen G.J. Jonkman,
A Dees
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
case reports in internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2332-7251
pISSN - 2332-7243
DOI - 10.5430/crim.v6n4p23
Subject(s) - polyarteritis nodosa , medicine , vasculitis , angiography , embolization , necrotizing vasculitis , surgery , radiology , gastrointestinal bleeding , disease
Intra-abdominal arterial bleeding is a life-threatening condition, warranting immediate causal therapy. Polyarteritis nodosa is a rare type of necrotizing vasculitis that affects medium-sized arteries. We present a patient with severe arterial bleeding as the first symptom of polyarteritis nodosa. Because the bleeding took place intra-abdominal instead of gastro-intestinal, there was no macroscopic blood loss. She was successfully treated with endovascular coil embolization during angiography.