Giant cell arteritis in a black patient.
Giant cell arteritis has been thought to occur only in white patients. There have been several recent reports of this disorder to blacks, however, and this case of biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis in a black patient indicates the diagnosis should be considered in any elderly patient with typical symptoms regardless of race.
D001741:Black or African American; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D013699:Temporal Arteries / Q000473:pathology