Aortic angiosarcoma clinically mimicking polyarteritis nodosa

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 237-240

  Sparsa, A ^a   Liozon, E ^a,c   Wechsler, J ^b   Soria, P ^a   Delage core, M ^a   Loustaud, V ^a   Bedane, C ^a   Bonnetblanc, J M ^a   Vidal, E ^a  

^a LIMOGES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; AORTA; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMBOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; ORCHITIS; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN METASTASIS; SKIN NECROSIS; VASCULITIS;

AGED; AORTIC DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM CIRCULATING CELLS; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33745139489     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009740500484031     Document Type: Article

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