Multiple myeloma-associated amyloidosis and giant cell arteritis.

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.

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Author Nancy Bates Allen Medicine, Rheumatology and Immunology