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Isolated polyarteritis nodosa affecting the cecum

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We report the case of a 52-year-old white male who developed low back pain and 35-pound weight loss and whose barium enema revealed a constricting lesion of the cecum. After resection, polyarteritis was found to be the cause of the lesion. There was no other histological evidence for arteritis in this patient.

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  1. Department of Medicine and Radiology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, 20014, Bethesda, Maryland

    G. W. Meyer Col USAF MC & J. Lichtenstein Lt Col USAF MC

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Meyer, G.W., Lichtenstein, J. Isolated polyarteritis nodosa affecting the cecum. Digest Dis Sci 27, 467–469 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01295658

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