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A 34 Year Old Man with Purple Discoloration and Paresthesia

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Secondary systemic vasculitis and nonbacterial endocarditis are rare events. We report a case presented with different manifestations of underlying malignancy such as systemic vasculitis, non bacterial endocarditis and DIC (disseminated intravascular coagulopathy). Efforts to find the source of malignancy was unsuccessful and due to patient's unwillingness for further evaluation, finally under the diagnosis of metastatic disease of unknown primary, patient is receiving cyclic chemotherapy.

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Marantic endocarditis Systemic vasculitis
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Iranpour A, Mahmoodian R, Haghighi A, Vakili M, Shahriari-Ahmadi A, Hajsadeghi S, Arabi M. A 34 Year Old Man with Purple Discoloration and Paresthesia. Int J Hematol Oncol Stem Cell Res. 1;8(1):41-5.