title: [An isolated vasculitis of uterine cervix and isthmus].
abstract: Isolated lesions of vasculitis are described in different organs, notably female genital tract. Exhaustive clinic and paraclinic exams are necessary to exclude an occult systemic vasculitis. We report a case of vasculitis that was restricted to uterine cervix and isthmus, fortuitously discovered by a 45-years-old woman after hysterectomy. At histological examination, necrotizing vasculitis of small and medium-sized arteries was found, suggesting diagnosis of polyarteritis nodosa. There was no argument for systemic vasculitis.
authors.affiliation: Service de gynécologie, maternité régionale universitaire, hôpital central, CHRU, 10, rue du Docteur-Heydenreich, 54000 Nancy, France. emibehm@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gauchotte
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gauchotte
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Marie
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pruna
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koebele
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000175:diagnosis*; D055988:Uterine Artery / Q000473:pathology*