Giant cell arteritis. A five-year review of biopsy-proven cases in a teaching hospital.
Twenty-five patients with biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis (GCA) were treated at the Royal Adelaide Hospital from 1973 to 1978. Three patients had a normal ESR on presentation. Four patients developed monocular blindness, one had gangrene of the tongue, and one had a brain-stem stroke. Six patients had concurrent autoimmune thyroid disease, one suffered from myasthenia gravis and one had ulcerative colitis--a significant observation in view of the suggestion that GCA has an immunological basis.
D000368:Aged; D001315:Australia; D001706:Biopsy; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged