Henoch–Schönlein Purpura Associated with Lung Cancer: When Paraneoplastic Manifestations Impede Oncological Management

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Autoimmune-testing target</td><td class="align_center">Result</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Antinuclear antibodies</td><td class="align_center">Positive (1/320)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Anti-DNA antibodies</td><td class="align_center">Negative</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Histone antibodies</td><td class="align_center">Negative</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Anticentromeres antibodies</td><td class="align_center">Negative</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Antibasement membrane antibodies</td><td class="align_center">Negative</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Rheumatoid factor</td><td class="align_center">Negative</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Polynuclear anticytoplasmic antibodies</td><td class="align_center">Negative</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Serum free light-chain assay</td><td class="align_center">Normal</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Complement protein assay</td><td class="align_center">Normal</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Case Reports in Immunology

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Table 1: Henoch–Schönlein Purpura Associated with Lung Cancer: When Paraneoplastic Manifestations Impede Oncological Management 