Cases of Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis Associated with Renal Cell Carcinoma

Korean Journal of Nephrology 2007;26(6):762-766.

Jae-yeon Lee, M.D., Kyung-Hwan Jeong, M.D., Mina Park, M.D., Ju-Young Moon, M.D. Sang-Ho Lee, M.D., Ph.D, Chun-Gyoo Ihm M.D., Ph.D. and Tae-Won Lee, M.D., Ph.D

Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea

증례 : 신세포암에 동반한 백혈구 파쇄성 혈관염 1예

이재연 정경환 박미나 문주영 이상호 임천규 이태원

경희대학교 의과대학 신장내과학교실

Abstract

Leukocytoclastic vasculitis associated with renal cell carcinoma has been rarely reported. We report the case of a 54-year-old man with end stage renal disease who presented with skin lesions histologically diagnosed as leukocytoclastic vasculitis. During analysis of the cause of vasculitis, renal cell carcinoma combined with acquired cystic kidney disease was detected. After renal arterial embolization for treatment of renal cell carcinoma, the vasculitic lesions disappeared.

Key Words: Hypersensitivity vasculitis, Renal cell carcinoma, Therapeutic embolization