PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - R D Ellis
AU  - C H Smith
AU  - J R Goodlad
AU  - N P Smith
AU  - R P Thompson
TI  - Mesenteric vasculitis associated with Sézary syndrome.
AID  - 10.1136/gut.39.2.334
DP  - 1996 Aug 01
TA  - Gut
PG  - 334--335
VI  - 39
IP  - 2
4099  - http://gut.bmj.com/content/39/2/334.short
4100  - http://gut.bmj.com/content/39/2/334.full
SO  - Gut1996 Aug 01; 39
AB  - A 71 year old lady with Sézary syndrome presented with chronic diarrhoea and cramping abdominal pains. A small bowel meal x ray examination showed two mid-ileal strictures. At laparotomy the small intestine was found to be sub-acutely obstructed and resection of a 15 cm ileal stricture and stricturoplasty of a second, 10 cm stricture were performed. Histological examination of the stricture revealed a mesenteric vasculitis with secondary ischaemic changes in the small bowel wall. Mesenteric vasculitis causing small bowel stricture may be associated with Sézary syndrome.