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Query: UMLS:C0039483 (
giant cell arteritis
)
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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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PMID:Giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica as first manifestation of typical pulmonary carcinoid tumor. 2721 83
