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Organo Oficial de la Asociación Mexicana de Mastología

2014, Number 2

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Rev Mex Mastol 2014; 4 (2)

Leukocytoclastic vasculitis as a paraneoplastic syndrome of breast cancer. Case report and literature review

Medina-Barrionuevo R, Mendoza-Galindo L, Vega-González T, Alvarado-Miranda A, Lara-Medina F, Arce-Salinas C

Language: Spanish
References: 10
Page: 58-62
PDF size: 462.05 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Vasculitis encompasses a heterogeneous group of clinicopathological processes whose common denominator is inflammation and necrosis of the blood vessels' wall. It affects both arteries and veins of various sizes along the body and shows different clinical symptoms. The clinical presentation includes both primary and secondary forms, the latter being associated with rheumatologic, infectious, allergic and neoplastic processes, especially those of hematologic origin. Vasculitis secondary to solid tumors is uncommon. We report a 52-year-old woman with breast cancer associated to leukocytoclastic vasculitis as a paraneoplastic syndrome.


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