Giant cell arteritis associated with progressive systemic sclerosis

Small cell lung carcinoma associated with progressive systemic sclerosis.

ABSTRACT The association between progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS) and malignancy is uncommon. The possibility of development of small cell carcinoma lung (SCLC), among all the reported lung malignancies in PSS patients is lowest. A fifty-five year old non-smoker female diagnosed as PSS for 1 year presented to our outpatient department with dry cough for 2 months, shortness of breath for the...

Systemic giant cell arteritis and cerebellar infarction.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Systemic giant cell arteritis causing cerebellar infarction due to intracranial arteritis of the anterior inferior cerebellar artery has not been previously reported. We report this infrequent occurrence and discuss the differential diagnosis. CASE DESCRIPTION An 85-year-old woman was admitted with a 2-week history of episodic ataxia, unilateral headaches, and vomiting....

Takayasu's arteritis overlapping with systemic sclerosis.

We describe an unusual case of overlap between Takayasu's arteritis (TA) and systemic sclerosis (SSc). TA has been found in association with several diseases, but not with SSc. To our knowledge this is the first case report of TA associated with SSc in the literature. It is possible that the expression of the two diseases in our patient was influenced by the presence of genetic factors predispo...

Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage associated with progressive systemic sclerosis.

A 41 year old man with an eight year history of progressive systemic sclerosis developed severe diffuse alveolar haemorrhage and died. The importance of diffuse alveolar haemorrhage as a rare but potentially serious complication of connective tissue disease should not be overlooked.

Giant cell arteritis, truly a form of systemic vasculitis.