Open AccessMultiple myeloma‐associated amyloidosis and giant cell arteritis
Author(s) -
Estrada Adahli,
Stenzel Timothy T.,
Burchette James L.,
Allen Nancy B.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
arthritis & rheumatism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1529-0131
pISSN - 0004-3591
DOI - 10.1002/1529-0131(199807)41:7<1312::aid-art23>3.0.co;2-t
Subject(s) - polymyalgia rheumatica , giant cell arteritis , amyloidosis , multiple myeloma , medicine , pathology , vasculitis , systemic vasculitis , dermatology , systemic disease , primary systemic amyloidosis , arteritis , disease , immunology
Abstract Primary systemic amyloidosis has been associated with the development of symptoms and clinical features characteristic of polymyalgia rheumatica and/or giant cell arteritis (GCA). Case reports of this clinical entity have been published, stating that the amyloid deposition leads to the symptoms of vasculitis. In this report, we present a second case in the English literature of a patient presenting with multiple myeloma‐associated amyloidosis and GCA. This is the first case in which the histopathologic findings are described in enough detail to suggest a pathogenic relationship between the two diseases.