Perforation of the sigmoid colon with ischemic change due to polyarteritis nodosa

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 400-404

  Okada, Masaki ^a   Konishi, Fumio ^a   Sakuma, Kazuya ^a   Kanazawa, Kyotaro ^a   Koiwai, Hirobumi ^a   Kaizaki, Yasuharu ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colonic perforation; Microscopic polyangitis; Polyarteritis nodosa; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON ISCHEMIA; COLON PERFORATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOID;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; COLITIS, ISCHEMIC; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; SIGMOID DISEASES; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032782529     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350050283     Document Type: Article

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