Multiple malignancies in a patient with limited granulomatosis with polyangiitis without immunosuppressive therapy. Issue 3 (3rd May 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cheon, Yun-Hong; Kim, Min-Gyo; Kim, Ji-Eun; Ha, Chang Yoon; Lee, Sang-Il; Kim, Hyun-Ok
• Is Part Of: Modern rheumatology. Volume 26:Issue 3(2016)
• Page Start: 450
• Page End: 453
• Publication Date: 2016-05-03
• Subjects: ANCA -- Granulomatosis with polyangiitis -- Malignancy -- Myelodysplastic syndrome -- Vasculitis; Rheumatology -- Periodicals; 616.723005
• DOI: 10.3109/14397595.2014.891494
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1439-7595

Abstract

Abstract : Here, we report the case of a 69-year-old man with limited granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA; formerly Wegener's granulomatosis) who developed papillary thyroid cancer, adenocarcinoma of the stomach, and myelodysplastic syndrome following glucocorticoid treatment. This is the first report to present multiple malignancies in a patient with limited GPA without immunosuppressive treatment. Thus, our report supports the notion that limited GPA itself can be associated with the development of malignancy.