کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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2772068 | 1151805 | 2006 | 4 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
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Background and ObjectivesIsolated vasculitis of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a rare entity. Endoscopic biopsies have low sensitivity to diagnose intestinal vasculitis, even though the endoscopic findings may be suggestive of this condition. Our aims were to describe a case of biopsy-proven colonic leukocytoclastic vasculitis and review the literature.MethodsA patient with biopsy-proven colonic leukocytoclastic vasculitis is described. A Medline database search of cases with localized GI vasculitis between January 1985 and September 2005 was conducted.ResultsA 32-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of abdominal pain and diarrhea. A colonic biopsy showed leukocytoclastic vasculitis. There are very few articles on leukocytoclastic GI vasculitis as a separate disease, and most of them emphasize the difficulty in classification. Unlike our case, in former cases of localized vasculitis a diagnosis was made after surgery. Although our patient had steroid-refractory biopsy-proven isolated intestinal vasculitis, treatment with intravenous cyclophosphamide resulted in rapid resolution of symptoms and surgery was not required.ConclusionsIn patients with abdominal pain a diagnosis of intestinal vasculitis should be considered. Immunosuppressive therapy allowed our patient to avoid surgery and may be similarly beneficial in other similar cases.
Journal: Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism - Volume 35, Issue 6, June 2006, Pages 403–406