POLYARTERITIS-NODOSA ASSOCIATED WITH GASTRIC-CARCINOMA AND HEPATITIS-B VIRUS-INFECTION

Authors
YAMADA T MIWA H IKEDA K OHTA K IWAZAKI R MIYAZAKI A WATANABE S HASHIMOTO H FUTAGAWA S SATO N
Citation
T. Yamada et al., POLYARTERITIS-NODOSA ASSOCIATED WITH GASTRIC-CARCINOMA AND HEPATITIS-B VIRUS-INFECTION, Journal of clinical gastroenterology, 25(3), 1997, pp. 535-537
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Journal of clinical gastroenterology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01920790
Volume
25
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
535 - 537
Database
ISI
SICI code
0192-0790(1997)25:3<535:PAWGAH>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Several cases of polyarteritis nodosa associated with malignant disord ers have been reported, most with bone marrow-related tumors. We repor t polyarteritis nodosa presenting with a fever of unknown origin and m uscle weakness that was complicated by advanced gastric carcinoma and hepatitis B virus-positive cirrhosis. Vasculitis was diagnosed after g astrectomy from histologic findings of arterial vasculitis on the rese cted gastric carcinoma. Our case is so far the second such report of p olyarteritis nodosa associated with gastric cancer.