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Published in: Rheumatology International 10/2007

01-08-2007 | Case Report

Pancreatic granulomatous necrotizing vasculitis: a case report and review of the literature

Authors: Ilaria Tinazzi, Paola Caramaschi, Alice Parisi, Niccolò Faccioli, Paola Capelli, Domenico Biasi

Published in: Rheumatology International | Issue 10/2007

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Abstract

This paper describes a 48-year-old woman admitted to surgical department with midepigastric pain. Ultrasonography of the abdomen and magnetic resonance imaging revealed an ipoechoic mass in the head of pancreas suggestive for malignant tumor. She underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy; histologic examination showed a granulomatous inflammation with necrosis and destruction of the wall of small-medium size blood vessels very suggestive for Wegener’s granulomatosis (WG). No other visceral involvement was found; test for antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies was negative. Initial and symptomatic involvement of pancreas was reported in very few cases of WG.
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Metadata
Title
Pancreatic granulomatous necrotizing vasculitis: a case report and review of the literature
Authors
Ilaria Tinazzi
Paola Caramaschi
Alice Parisi
Niccolò Faccioli
Paola Capelli
Domenico Biasi
Publication date
01-08-2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Rheumatology International / Issue 10/2007
Print ISSN: 0172-8172
Electronic ISSN: 1437-160X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-007-0314-9

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