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ArticleCase reports in oncology

Vasculitis and Breast Cancer: Mind the Hint.

Miguel Esperança-Martins, Vasco Evangelista, Salomão Fernandes, Raquel Almeida

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Article in Case reports in oncology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Miguel Esperança-MartinsMedical Oncology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal.
Vasco EvangelistaInternal Medicine Department, Hospital Beatriz Ângelo, Loures, Portugal.
Salomão FernandesInfectious Diseases Department, Hospital Beatriz Ângelo, Loures, Portugal.
Raquel AlmeidaInternal Medicine Department, Hospital Beatriz Ângelo, Loures, Portugal.
Hospital Beatriz Ângelo · PTHospital de Santa Maria · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage related to an anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated small vessel vasculitis is an extremely rare form of presentation of breast cancer. Here we report the case of a 77-year-old woman with a histological diagnosis of a papillary ductal carcinoma of the breast presenting with a diffuse alveolar haemorrhage secondary to a perinuclear ANCA-associated vasculitis. To our knowledge, this is the first case ever reported of a diffuse alveolar haemorrhage related to an ANCA-associated small vessel vasculitis as a form of presentation of breast cancer. The therapeutic approach of this paraneoplastic vasculitis included the use of corticosteroids and plasmapheresis, a very useful technique to remove endothelial aggressors (circulating antibodies) as a strategy to earn time for a proper therapeutic decision specifically directed for disease modification, but that can also be associated with several severe adverse effects, which are illustrated in our case.

Indexed as

Diffuse alveolar haemorrhageParaneoplastic vasculitisPlasmapheresis; Breast cancer

Identifiers

PMID33976633
PMCPMC8077427
OpenAlexW3136591947

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