RT Journal Article
T1 Spontaneous liver rupture as first sign of polyarteritis nodosa
A1 Gomez-Luque, Irene
A1 Alconchel, Felipe
A1 Ciria, Ruben
A1 Dolores Ayllon, M.
A1 Luque, Antonio
A1 Sanchez, Marina
A1 Lopez-Cillero, Pedro
A1 Briceno, Javier
K1 Polyarteritis nodosa
K1 Spontaneous liver rupture
K1 Liver surgery
K1 Vasculitis
K1 Rheumatology
AB Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is one of the systemic vasculitis that affects the media wall of arteries of small and medium diameter. Diagnosis proves difficult due to the unspecific symptoms that dominate the clinical profile. Liver involvement is very diverse, ranging from the development of cirrhotic liver disease to acute abdomen presentation that requires surgery because of liver rupture. The management of these patients requires an expert multidisciplinary team. There are several cases in the literature that describe a sudden liver rupture as the first manifestation of a PAN. In this paper we present the case of a 75 years old patient without any previous disease, who is subjected to major hepatic resection for spontaneous liver rupture.
PB Baishideng publishing group inc
SN 1948-5182
YR 2016
FD 2016-11-18
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/19361
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/19361
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 17, 2025