PERIARTERITIS NODOSA AND MULTIPLE MYELOMA: REPORT OF SIMULTANEOUS OCCURRENCE IN A PATIENT RECEIVING STILBAMIDINE
Authors: W R BEST, G FINE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1951)

Case Reports1 June 1951PERIARTERITIS NODOSA AND MULTIPLE MYELOMA: REPORT OF SIMULTANEOUS OCCURRENCE IN A PATIENT RECEIVING STILBAMIDINEWILLIAM R. BEST, M.D., FINE GERALD, M.D.WILLIAM R. BEST, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, FINE GERALD, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-34-6-1472 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt is the purpose of this communication to record the occurrence of periarteritis nodosa in a patient suffering from multiple myeloma and treated with stilbamidine.† To our knowledge, there has been no previously reported case having both of these diseases.CASE REPORTA 53 year old Negro mail carrier was admitted to the hospital complaining of pain in the extremities, weakness, increased perspiration and loss of weight during the previous six-month period. The onset of pain was gradual and was noted first in the calves, from which it spread to involve the shoulders, arms and neck. The pain was often...Bibliography1. Rich AR(a) : The role of hypersensitivity in periarteritis nodosa, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 71: 123-140, 1942. (b) Rich, A. R.: Additional evidence of the role of hypersensitivity in the etiology of periarteritis nodosa, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 71: 375-379, 1943. (c) Rich, A. R., and Gregory, J. E.: The experimental demonstration that periarteritis nodosa is a manifestation of hypersensitivity, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 72: 65-88, 1943. (d) Lichtenstein, L., and Fox, L. J.: Necrotizing arterial lesions resembling those of periarteritis nodosa and focal visceral necrosis following administration of sulfathiazole, Am. J. Path. 22: 665-677, 1946. Google Scholar2. Selye H: Textbook of endocrinology, 1947, Univ. of Montreal, Montreal, Canada, pp. 241, 248, 846-848, 858. Google Scholar3. ZeekSmithWeeter PMCCJC: Studies on periarteritis nodosa. III. The differentiation between the vascular lesions of periarteritis nodosa and hypersensitivity, Am. J. Path. 24: 889-917, 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. Wedum AG: Immunological specificity of sulfonamide azoprotein, J. Infect. Dis. 10: 173-179, 1942. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. Snapper I: Treatment of multiple myeloma with "stilbamidine," J. A. M. A. 137: 513-516, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. SchoenbachGreenspan EBEM: The pharmacology, mode of action, and therapeutic potentialities of stilbamidine, pentamidine, propamidine, and other aromatic diamidines—a review, Medicine 27: 327-377, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. Boyd LJ(a) : Clinical aspects of periarteritis nodosa, Bull. New York M. Coll., Flower and Fifth Ave. Hosps. 1: 219-225, 1938; 3: 32-40, 175-182, 272-279, 1940; 4: 27-32, 176-184, 1940; 6: 130-137, 1943; 7: 94-104, 1944. (b) Lague, R. B., and Mullins, F.: Polyarteritis nodosa, Ann. Int. Med. 24: 11-26, 1946. Google Scholar8. AdamsAllingLawrence WSELJS(a) : Multiple myeloma, Am. J. Med. 6: 141-161, 1949. (b) Bayrd, E. D., and Heck, F. J.: Multiple myeloma, J. A. M. A. 133: 147-157, 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Chicago, Illinois*Received for publication June 4, 1949.From the Departments of Internal Medicine and Pathology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago.Aided by a grant from the Hematology Research Foundation, Chicago.†4,4-diamidinostilbene; furnished through courtesy of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAcute Kidney Injury in a Patient with Polyarteritis Nodosa and Multiple MyelomaGENERALIZED ARTERIAL AND ARTERIOLAR VASCULITIS WITH MARKED PLASMACYTOSIS AND HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA: REPORT OF AN AUTOPSY CASE†Periarteriitis nodosaZwei Krankheitsf�lle mit Kryoglobulin�mie 1. Syndrom des Typus Raynaud 2. Ausschlie�lich auf die Haut beschr�nkte Periarteriitis nodosaKrankheiten der GefäßePeriarteriitis nodosaRHEUMATISM AND ARTHRITIS REVIEW OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE OF RECENT YEARS (ELEVENTH RHEUMATISM REVIEW)* Part IIWILLIAM D. ROBINSON, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOSEPH J. BUNIM, M.D., F.A.C.P., WILLIAM S. CLARK, M.D., DARRELL C. CRAIN, M.D., F.A.C.P., EPHRAIM P. ENGLEMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., DONALD C. GRAHAM, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C), MAX M. MONTGOMERY, M.D., F.A.C.P., BERNARD M. NORCROSS, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLES RAGAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., MARIAN W. ROPES, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD F. ROSENBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLEY J. SMYTH, M.D., F.A.C.P.ZytostatikaCollagen DiseasesTHE CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF ESSENTIAL POLYANGIITIS (PERIARTERITIS NODOSA), WITH EMPHASIS ON THE HEPATIC MANIFESTATIONS*FRED H. MOWREY, F.A.C.P., EDWARD A. LUNDBERG, M.D. 1 June 1951Volume 34, Issue 6Page: 1472-1483KeywordsHematology and oncologyMultiple myelomaShouldersSweatWeight loss Issue Published: 1 June 1951 PDF downloadLoading ...