[Temporal arteritis with necrotizing angiitis of the muscles].
A 71 year old woman with typical giant-cell arteritis experienced myalgia of the legs immediately at the end of steroid therapy, 3 months after the onset of her illness. Muscle biopsy showed a focal necrotising panarteritis whereas the muscular fibres remained unchanged. The patient is now asymptomatic after 3 years' follow-up on prednisolone therapy (10 mg per day). This case demonstrates that giant cell arteritis can also involve the muscular arteries.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D009132:Muscles / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000473:pathology*; D013699:Temporal Arteries / Q000473:pathology
Artérite temporale avec angéite nécrosante musculaire.