Autoimmune thyroid disease and giant cell arteritis: a review, case report and epidemiological study.
A 75-year-old man with the simultaneous onset of Graves' disease and giant cell arteritis is described. Although there have been few previous reports of simultaneous onset, literature review and a retrospective study of the records of this hospital suggest that the association of Graves' disease and the polymyalgia rheumatica-giant cell arteritis syndrome is not simple coincidence. The patient's course was complicated by cerebral infarction secondary to either arterial thrombo-embolism or arteritis.
D000368:Aged; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011111:Polymyalgia Rheumatica / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology