Ischemic Colitis Revealing Polyarteritis Nodosa

Table 1

Summary of reported cases of PAN presenting with ischemic colitis.

N [Reference]	Year	Age/sex	GI symptoms	Extra GI symptoms	Finding on RS	Perforation	Surgery	Outcome
1 [7]	1979	76/M	Bloody; diarrhoea	Myalgia; weight loss; fever	Colitis	No	Yes	D
2 [8]	1982	52/M	None	Myalgia; weight loss	—	No	Yes	S
3 [9]	1984	58/M	Diarrhoea; abdominal pain	Fever	Colitis	Yes	Yes	S
4 [10]	1991	28/M	Diarrhoea; abdominal pain	None	Colitis	No	Yes	S
5 [11]	1994	48/M	Abdominal pain; occult blood +	Myalgia; fever; weight loss	Colitis	Yes	Yes	S
6 [12]	1994	78/F	Abdominal pain and bloody stool	None	—	No	Yes	—
7 [13]	1996	38/F	Bloody; diarrhoea; abdominal pain	Myalgia; fever; weight loss	Colitis	No	No	S
8 [14]	1999	60/M	Abdominal pain; Bloody diarrhoea	None	Colitis	Yes	Yes	—
9 [15]	2008	70/M	Abdominal pain; Bloody stool	None	Colitis	Yes	Yes	S
Our case	2010	55/M	Abdominal pain and bloody stool	Fever; neuropathy	Colitis	No	Yes	S

M: male; F: female; GI: gastrointestinal, RS: rectosigmoidoscopy; S: survived; D: died.