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Case Reports
. 2025 Jan;28(1):e70038.
doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.70038.

Lethal Gastrointestinal Manifestation and 3D-Reconstructive CT in Systemic Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN)

Wahinuddin Sulaiman  1   2 , Fahd Adeeb  3   4 , Mahendra Mano  5 , Yeoh Huat Chee  2 , Roslina Suboh  6 , Clarence Ong Teong Oon  7 , Ong Ping Seung  8
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Lethal Gastrointestinal Manifestation and 3D-Reconstructive CT in Systemic Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN)

Wahinuddin Sulaiman et al. Int J Rheum Dis. 2025 Jan.
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FIGURE 1
(A) Contrast‐enhanced abdominal CT reveals fluid in small bowel loops, ascending and transverse colon (B) Resected segment of small intestines showing extensive necrotic and gangrenous changes with multiple perforations (C) Reconstructed CT renal angiography demonstrating scattered small hyperdense “dots” along lobar and interlobar arteries (D) 3D‐virtual reconstructive CT angiography revealing large abdominal aorta branches with irregular outlines (E–H): Histopathology of the small intestine and caecum (E, F) Focal vasculitis with lymphocyte infiltration, thrombosed blood vessels, and intimal thickening causing lumen narrowing in medium‐sized vessel (G) Cecal mucosal ulceration with adjacent thickened medium‐sized vessel and vasculitis (H) small bowel transmural necrosis (20× magnification).
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