mesenteric vasculitis

mesenteric vasculitis
a complication sometimes seen in systemic lupus erythematosus, characterized by inflammation of mesenteric arteries with pain in the lower abdomen, bleeding from the rectum, and sometimes later intestinal perforation.

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