Vasculitis with a neuromuscular presentation and associated cancer revealed by autopsy
Autops. Case Rep
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10(2): e2020175, Apr.-June 2020. graf
Article
Dans Anglais
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ABSTRACT
Peripheral neuropathy is common, but rarely due to vasculitis. This report is the case of a 74-year-old woman with systemic vasculitis who presented with progressive arm and leg weakness associated with numbness. Autopsy revealed a colon cancer, which may have triggered the vasculitis. This case illustrates the association between vasculitis and malignancy. The best treatment of vasculitis in patients with cancer-associated vasculitis is usually treatment of the cancer, which often yields remission of the vasculitis. This case also illustrates the difficulty of suspecting vasculitis since the symptoms and signs are nonspecific and protean. It is important not to miss a diagnosis of vasculitis. It is often life-threatening. It is treatable. The critical step in the diagnosis of vasculitis is to think of it.
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Disponible
Indice:
LILAS (Amériques)
Sujet Principal:
Tumeurs du côlon
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Neuropathie paranéoplasique
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Vascularite systémique
Type d'étude:
Etude diagnostique
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Facteurs de risque
Limites du sujet:
Adulte très âgé
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Femelle
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Humains
langue:
Anglais
Texte intégral:
Autops. Case Rep
Thème du journal:
Anatomia
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Patologia Cl¡nica
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Patologia Legal
Année:
2020
Type:
Article
Pays d'affiliation:
États-Unis d'Amérique
Institution/Pays d'affiliation:
Mercer University School of Medicine/US
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Mercer University School of Medicine. Macon/US
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