Concurrent polyarteritis nodosa and temporal arteritis.
A patient is described in which features of both giant cell arteritis and polyarteritis nodosa were present simultaneously. The case emphasises our lack of an aetiologic classification for arteritis and that on occasions typical clinical presentations may be misleading.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000473:pathology; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D013699:Temporal Arteries / Q000473:pathology