Necrotizing vasculitis and Sarcocystis: a cause-and-effect relationship?
We have described a patient with an unusual infection with Sarcocystis and a necrotizing vasculitis with subcutaneous nodules, and have discussed the possibility of a cause-and-effect relationship between these two entities and the available diagnostic methods and therapeutic measures.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D012522:Sarcocystis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012523:Sarcocystosis / Q000150:complications*; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000209:etiology*