Intestinal Ulcerations Complicating Takayasu's Arteritis
作者:
Mitsuru SEO,
Mitsuo OKADA,
Zenichiro YANO,
Yutaka YAMADA,
期刊:
Digestive Endoscopy
(WILEY Available online 1995)
卷期:
Volume 7,
issue 1
页码: 40-44
ISSN:0915-5635
年代: 1995
DOI:10.1111/j.1443-1661.1995.tb00126.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
关键词: Takayasu's arteritis;intestinal ulcerations
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
Abstract:A 62‐year‐old female, with a forty year's history of Takayasu's arteritis, was admitted to Fukuoka University Hospital, with melena. Endoscopy showed multiple shallow ulcers and edematous mucosa in the terminal ileum, and also showed mucosal redness in the ascending colon. The cultures of feces and biopsy specimens taken from an ulcer in the terminal ileum were negative for bacteria and acid‐fast bacilli. Medication such as nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs, corticosteroids, and potassium chloride were not used before the onset of melena. She was treated with an elemental diet to rest her bowel. Two months later, the ulcers in the terminal ileum had disappeared. However, two years later, similar ulcers recurred in the terminal ileum. These clinical findings and course strongly suggested that her intestinal ulcers might be associated with Takayasu's disease. In Takayasu's arteritis, intestinal lesions have rarely been r
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