Pancreatic mass as an initial manifestation of polyarteritis nodosa: A case report and review of the literature

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1014-1019

  Yokoi, Yoshihiro ^a   Nakamura, Ippei ^b   Kaneko, Takeshi ^c   Sawayanagi, Tomoki ^a   Watahiki, Youichi ^a   Kuroda, Makoto ^a  

^a Shinshiro Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b Shinshiro Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Classic polyarteritis nodosa; Microscopic polyangiitis; Myeloperoxidase anti neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies; Pancreatic mass; Polyangiitis overlap syndrome

Indexed keywords

MYELOPEROXIDASE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PEROXIDASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTASIS; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREATIC MASS; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PANCREATOGRAPHY; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; BIOPSY; BLOOD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; FIBROSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY; NECROSIS; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; BIOMARKERS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; NECROSIS; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PEROXIDASE; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84921527717     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i3.1014     Document Type: Article

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