title: A case of temporal arteritis with intrahepatic arterial involvement.
abstract: We report a case of temporal arteritis associated with anicteric cholestasis. Serial sections of a transthoracic needle biopsy of the liver revealed giant-cell arteritis in medium-sized hepatic arteries and cholangitis in adjacent bile ducts. The literature reveals that similar pathologic features have only exceptionally been observed in liver biopsies. These lesions may account for liver function disturbances commonly seen in temporal arteritis or polymyalgia rheumatica.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Anatomie Pathologique, Centre Hospitalier Régional, Angers, France.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Rousselet
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kettani
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rohmer
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Saint-Andre
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000473:pathology; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013699:Temporal Arteries / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D011239:Prednisolone