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Polyarteritis nodosa: ischaemic intestinal pain successfully treated with nitroglycerin
B Dahlander1, H Odeberg, B U Hansen
1Department of Internal Medicine, Central Hospital, Karlskrona, Sweden.
Journal of Internal Medicine
|July 1, 1996
Abstract:
Inflammation of medium and small sized arteries caused by polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) sometimes causes acute and life threatening ischaemic intestinal complications. We report a case of PAN presenting with severe abdominal pain successfully treated with nitroglycerin.