Abstract

Giant cell arteritis presents with the classical manifestations of headache, jaw claudication, disturbed vision, fever and polymyalgia rheumatica but pulmonary involvement is very rare. 
We present a case with typical clinical manifestations of giant cell arteritis diagnosed by temporal artery biopsy together with pulmonary involvement diagnosed by an alveolointerstitial pattern in computed tomographic scan of the chest and mixed alveolitis in broncholveoler lavage fluid. Pulmonary lesions of the patient responded well to corticosteroid therapy.