Curgunlu Asli, Karter Yesari, Uyanik Ozlem, Tunçkale Aydin, Curgunlu Serdar
Department of Internal Medicine, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Turkey.
Intern Med. 2004 Mar;43(3):256-7. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.43.256.
The association of leukocytoclastic vasculitis and renal cell carcinoma has been rarely documented. We report a patient who presented with leukocytoclastic vasculitis involving the skin and was diagnosed later as renal cell carcinoma. After the nephron-sparing surgery, the vasculitic lesions disappeared. We also briefly review cases of vasculitis and renal neoplasms.