Renal and hepatic microaneurysms: report of a new entity simulating polyarteritis nodosa.
A case of 22-year-old woman with autopsy-proved poorly differentiated carcinoma diffusely involving the visceral organs is presented. Angiographic findings typical of polyarteritis nodosa were demonstrated. The necrotizing vasculidities which form microaneurysms are reviewed, and a new cause is added to this differential diagnosis.
D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000792:Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*