Catalog
Vasculitis of mesenteric arteries
Link to WHO Definition
Vasculitis of mesenteric arteries – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1296675770
A part of systemic vasculitis involving the gastrointestinal tract which causes mesenteric ischemia. This includes systemic lupus erythematosus, polyarteritis nodosa, allergic granulomatous vasculitis (Churg-Strauss syndrome), and thromboangitis obliterans (Buerger’s disease).