[Mesenteric hematoma disclosing periarteritis nodosa. Apropos of a case]

J Radiol. 1989 Dec;70(12):747-50.
[Article in French]

Abstract

A 59 year old woman, asthmatic and hypertensive, presented with unexplained abdominal pains and signs of internal hemorrhage. Ultrasonography and CT demonstrated mesenteric hematomas. Theses hematomas had been related to fissured aneurysms of branches of superior mesenteric artery in course of polyarteritis nodosa and proved by angiography.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm / etiology*
  • Female
  • Hematoma / diagnosis
  • Hematoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Hematoma / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Mesenteric Arteries / diagnostic imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Peritoneal Diseases / diagnosis
  • Peritoneal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Peritoneal Diseases / etiology
  • Polyarteritis Nodosa / complications*
  • Polyarteritis Nodosa / diagnosis
  • Polyarteritis Nodosa / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography