Paraneoplastic digital necrosis associated with rectum carcinoma

Abstract

Paraneoplastic vascular pathologies are rare in daily practice. There is limited data about this phenomenon. Patient with a diagnosis of metastatic rectum carcinoma presented with digital necrosis. The work up for vascular and rheumatological pathology was inconclusive. Lesions progressively improved with steroid therapy. Paraneoplastic vascular lesions are rare in oncology practice. Our case points out important parts of a rare clinical entity. J Clin Exp Invest 2015; 6 (4): 391-392

Key words: Rectum cancer, digital necrosis, paraneoplastic

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Abstract

Paraneoplastik vasküler patolojiler günlük pratikte nadirdir ve bu konuda bilgi sınırlıdır. Burada rektum kanseri ilişkili paraneoplastik dijital nekroz vakası sunulmuştur. Metastatik rektum kanseri ile izlenmekte olan hasta dijital nekroz ile başvurdu. Yapılan değerlendirmede vasküler veya romatolojik hastalığa ait bulgu saptanmadı. Lezyonlar steroid tedavisi ile geriledi. Onkoloji pratiğinde paraneoplastik vasküler lezyonlar oldukça nadirdi. Vakamız bu nadir patolojinin klinik özellikleri, tanısı ve tedavisine dikkat çekmektedir

Keywords

• Rektum kanseri, dijital nekroz, paraneoplastik sendrom

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