Unusual variants in the presentation of temporal arteritis.

Unusual variants in the presentation of temporal arteritis JANE

Introduction Temporal (syn. giant-cell, cranial) arteritis as characterized by severe headache, malaise, jaw claudication and visual symptoms is a well recognized clinical entity (Horton, Magarth and Brown, 1932; Hutchinson, 1890; Healey, 1977; Harrison and Bevan, 1967. Recently, it has been noted that many non-cranial vessels are also affected. This widespread involvement gives rise to well kn...

Histopathologic Features of Giant Cell Arteritis in an Actinic Granuloma Lesion

The association between actinic granuloma and giant cell arteritis (temporal arteritis) has been claimed by some authors. There is a hypothesis that actinic radiation has the principal role in the etiology of both diseases in a similar way. Here, we report a case of actinic granuloma that had characteristic pathologic features of giant cell arteritis in histopathologic examination without clini...

Myocardial Infarction, Aortitis and Celiac Trunk Inflammation in Giant Cell Arteritis: A Case Report

Endocrinol Metab Int J 2017, 4(6): 00104 Abstract We report a rare case of a 62-year-old woman admitted for investigation of unexplained inflammatory syndrome. Her atypical clinical presentation included a lack of headache and systemic signs. Computed tomography scan showed thoracic, abdominal aortitis and celiac trunk inflammation. A temporal artery biopsy was consistent with giant cell arteri...

Takayasu arteritis in a young female

Background: Takayasu arteritis is a granulomatous vasculitis which mainly involves the large arterial vessels. The disease is rare and it is more common in females aged between 15-30 years old. In this paper, we report a case of takayasu arteritis in Babol, north of Iran. Case Presentation: A 22 - year old female was admitted to the Department of Infectious Diseases of Rouhani Teaching Hospital...

Unusual Presentation of Takayasu Arteritis as Acute Myocardial Infarction