Ruptured gastric artery aneurysm:An uncommon manifestation of microscopic polyangiitis

• 作 者: Yoshihiro Ikura Tomohiro Kadota Shuhei Watanabe Akira Arimoto Eiko Nishioka
• 机 构: Department of Pathology,Takatsuki General Hospital,Department of Gastroenterology,Takatsuki General
• 出 处: World Journal of Gastroenterology
• 发表日期: 2014年35期
• 关键词: aneurysm manifestation ruptured degenerative herein radiology steroid resected m

Gastric artery aneurysm is a rare and lethal condition,and is caused by inflammatory or degenerative vasculopathies.We describe herein the clinical course of a patient with a ruptured gastric artery aneurysm associated with microscopic polyangiitis.Absence of vasculitic changes in the aneurysm resected and negative results of autoantibodies interfered with our diagnostic process.We should have adopted an interventional radiology and initiated steroid therapy promptly to rescue the patient.

Gastric artery aneurysm is a rare and lethal condition, and is caused by inflammatory or degenerative vasculopathies. We describe herein the clinical course of a patient with ruptured gastric artery aneurysm associated with microscopic polyangiitis. Absence of vasculitic changes in the aneurysm resected and negative results of autoantibodies interfered with our diagnostic process. We should have adopted an interventional radiology and initiated steroid therapy promptly to rescue the patient.