Table 1 Summary of case reports in English language literature, where gastrointestinal manifestations were reported as first signs of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA)
References | Patient’s age | Sex | First manifestation of GPA | Other manifestations at the beginning | Other manifestations during the disease |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Qian et al. [22] | 79 | Female | Haemorrhagic pancolitis | No | Renal and respiratory involvement |
Sinnoth et al. [23] | 29 | Male | Haemorrhagic colitis | No | Renal and respiratory involvement |
Yoshikawa et al. [24] | 30 | Male | Oral aphtha, mucosal bleeding in the colon | No | Skin ulcer, lesion of the paranasal sinus |
Current case | 18 | Male | Abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea | No | Renal involvement, mild respiratory involvement, arterial bleeding in the duodenum with perforation |