Bilateral carotid artery occlusion resulting from giant cell arteritis.
A 65-year-old woman with subacute global deterioration of neurological function had bilateral occlusion of the internal carotid arteries demonstrated by angiography. Postmortem examination showed isolated giant cell arteritis involving the carotid siphon bilaterally.
D000368:Aged; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans