title: Temporal arteritis: a report on two cases.
abstract: Temporal arteritis often raises diagnostic problems. The first person to examine the patient may well be a dentist since the first symptoms of the disease are often stiffness of the masticatory muscles and impaired mobility of the lower jaw, reminiscent of mandibular dysfunction/TMJ pain and dysfunction. Other common symptoms are headache, tiredness, slight fever or other general symptoms. Two cases, both elderly women, referred to the Department of Stomatognathic Physiology, Göteborg, are possessed. The clinical features, histopathological findings and therapy are described and differential diagnostic problems are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones