Giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica as first manifestation of typical pulmonary carcinoid tumor
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 sy...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2016-05-01
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| Series: | Reumatismo |
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| Online Access: | http://www.reumatismo.org/index.php/reuma/article/view/856 |