Systemic polyarteritis nodosa as the initial manifestation of a gastric adenocarcinoma |
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| Authors: | F. POVEDA,J. GONZ LEZ-GARCÍ A,M. L. PICAZO,A. GIM NEZ,J. CAMACHO,F. J. BARBADO,J. J. V ZQUEZ-RODRÍ GUEZ |
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| Affiliation: | F. POVEDA,J. GONZÁLEZ-GARCÍA,M. L. PICAZO,A. GIMÉNEZ,J. CAMACHO,F. J. BARBADO,J. J. VÁZQUEZ-RODRÍGUEZ |
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| Abstract: | Abstract. We report a case of systemic polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) leading to the discovery of an as yet asymptomatic, surgically curable gastric adenocarcinoma. PAN is rarely associated with malignancies and in such cases these are more often malignant haemato-logical diseases than solid neoplasms. The immuno-pathological findings, the temporal relationship between both conditions, and the spontaneous resolution of vasculitis after tumour removal suggest a paraneoplastic origin of the systemic angitis. |
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| Keywords: | gastric adenocarcinoma paraneoplastic polyarteritis nodosa |
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