Krol T, Robinson J, Bekeris L, Messmore H
Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1983 Nov;107(11):583-5.
We studied a patient with hairy cell leukemia (HCL) in whom periarteritislike lesions of multiple medium-sized arteries developed. There were many aneurysms distributed through the visceral organs. One ruptured into the abdomen, causing death. A previous study suggested that HCL may predispose to periarteritis nodosa, but recently a reversed temporal sequence of vasculitis and HCL was postulated. Our patient's course lends further support to the concept that HCL predisposes to vasculitis and periarteritislike lesions.
