title: Systemic paraneoplastic vasculitis secondary to papillary carcinoma of the thyroid.
abstract: Systemic vasculitis secondary to thyroid carcinomas is exceptional. We report the case of a 55-year-old woman who presented with systemic vasculitis involving leucocytoclastic cutaneous vasculitis and renal disorders secondary to papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). Her symptoms resolved completely after total thyroidectomy. Other causes of vasculitis were excluded. To our knowledge, this is only the second case reported of systemic vasculitis associated with PTC in a paraneoplastic manner.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Guerouaz
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery C, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alaoui
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery C, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Raiss
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hassam
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Senouci
mesh_terms: D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications; D008875:Middle Aged; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000473:pathology*; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D000077273:Thyroid Cancer, Papillary; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000379:methods; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D018366:Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*