Case 13: Polyarteritis Nodosa - Systemic necrotizing vasculitis with involvement of hepatic and superior mesenteric arteries

Radiology

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 359-364

  Hagspiel, Klaus D ^a   Angle, J Fritz ^a   Spinosa, David J ^a   Matsumoto, Alan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteries, hepatic; Arteries, superior mesenteric; Arteritis; Diagnosis please; Hepatic arteries; Hepatic arteries, CT; Liver, diseases; Liver, infarction; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; VASCULITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR; MIDDLE AGED; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033176116     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.212.2.r99au38359     Document Type: Article

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