Adenocarcinoma of the colon and associated necrotizing vasculitis of mesenteric arteries.
Vasculitis associated with malignancy is uncommon, with the most well-known association being that between hairy cell leukaemia and polyarteritis nodosa. The less common association of vasculitis and solid tumours usually involves a cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis. We report a patient with Duke's C adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid colon with associated necrotizing vasculitis of the mesenteric arteries and postulate that local factors may predominate in its pathogenesis.
Chapman
P T
PT
Department of Rheumatology, Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand.
Hunter
L A
LA
O'Donnell
J L
JL
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology