https://doi.org/10.4081/reumatismo.2015.856

Giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica as first manifestation of typical pulmonary carcinoid tumor

Vol. 67 No. 4 (2015)
Submitted: 20 December 2015
Accepted: 24 April 2016
Published: 23 May 2016
Vasculitis, rheumatology.
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T. Aguiar
Department of Neurology, Clementine Fraga Filho University-Hospital, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
M. B. Vincent
vincent@hucff.ufrj.br
Department of Neurology, Clementine Fraga Filho University-Hospital, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Giant cell arteritis (GCA), a systemic vasculitis of unknown origin, may appear rarely as a paraneoplastic syndrome. Cases secondary to pulmonary neuroendocrine tumors have not been reported. A 75-year-old female developed prednisone-responsive GCA/polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) shortly followed by syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion. An 8 mm carcinoid lung tumor with positron emission tomography normal uptake was found. After a thoracoscopic tumor resection the patient experienced complete clinical and laboratory remission. This is the first report of GCA with PMR in the context of carcinoid lung tumor. It emphasizes the role of paraneoplastic vasculitis as a possible cause of GCA.

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Aguiar, T., & Vincent, M. B. (2016). Giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica as first manifestation of typical pulmonary carcinoid tumor. Reumatismo, 67(4), 165–168. https://doi.org/10.4081/reumatismo.2015.856

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