ARTERITIS SECONDARY TO MALIGNANCIES

Approximately two-hundred cases of arteritis secondary to neoplastic d iseases are reported in the medical literature and the incidence is va riable depending on the hystologic type of the tumor. Cases of arterit is associated with Hodgkin's lymphomas are rare. In this report the di fferent pathogenetic hypotheses formulated to explain such association are discussed and a case of polidistrettual arteritis in a woman affe cted by Hodgkin's lymphoma is described. In particular, the possible p athogenesis of this clinical, feature, on the basis of the immunologic al alterations showed, is discussed.