The Department of Endocrinology, 
Paraneoplastic polyarthritis in association with metastatic neuroendocrince tumour of the adrenal gland.
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
- Department of General Pathology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
- Department of Endocrine Surgery, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
The Australasian medical journal Vol. 7 · Issue 8 · pp. 345-9
PMID 25279010 DOI 10.4066/amj.2014.2113
Cite This Article
Sahana Shetty, Julie Hephzibah, Bidyut Borah, Deepak Burad, Vishnu Chandrakumar, Mazhuvanchary Jacob Paul, Nihal Thomas. Paraneoplastic polyarthritis in association with metastatic neuroendocrince tumour of the adrenal gland. The Australasian medical journal. 2014;7(8):345-9. doi:10.4066/amj.2014.2113
Abstract
Paraneoplastic polyarthritis is a rare manifestation described in association with various solid tumours. We describe the clinical presentation, diagnostic evaluation, differential diagnosis, and management of a 28-year-old woman who presented with fever, weight loss, and symmetrical polyarthritis, subsequently diagnosed to have a metastatic neuroendocrine tumour of the adrenal gland with paraneoplastic polyarthritis. Paraneoplastic polyarthritis must be considered in polyarthritis unexplained by common aetiologies. The unusual presentation of this case, alerts us about the atypical presentation of these tumours. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case study of a neuroendocrine tumour presenting as paraneoplastic polyarthritis.
Keywords
- Paraneoplastic polyarthritis
- metastasis
- neuroendocrine tumour
