title: Bilateral lower limb gangrene and stroke as initial manifestations of systemic giant cell arteritis in an African-American.
abstract: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a systemic disease of the elderly that occurs infrequently in blacks and seldom has peripheral vascular disease and stroke as its presenting major complications. The occurrence of bilateral lower limb gangrene and a fatal stroke as manifestations of occult systemic GCA in an African-American is such a unique combination of rare occurrences that it warrants documentation in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento 95817, USA.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Lie
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Tokugawa
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D000368:Aged; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005734:Gangrene / Q000209:etiology*; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male