title: Polymyalgia rheumatica as a manifestation of a large hepatic cavernous hemangioma.
abstract: A 59-year-old woman presented with polymyalgia rheumatica which was refractory to conventional anti-inflammatory and steroid therapy. A full investigation for an underlying occult malignancy showed only the presence of a giant cavernous hepatic hemangioma. To our knowledge, polymyalgia rheumatica has never been described in association with giant cavernous hepatic hemangioma; resection of the latter lesion resulted in complete and, to this date, definite resolution of rheumatologic complaints in our patient.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgie Digestive, Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire de Genève, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kadry
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mentha
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Cereda
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011111:Polymyalgia Rheumatica / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome