Giant cell arteritis of fallopian tube.
One case of giant cells arteritis involving tubaric arteries in a postmenopausal woman is described. The patient was 59 years old and presented with asthenia, anemia, fever, weight loss, an abdominal palpable mass and elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Exploratory laparotomy revealed a large ovarian cyst of 14 cm in diameter. Extensive giant cell arteritis, Horton's type, of the small-sizes arteries was found unexpectedly in the fallopian tube of the patient who had had a prior ovariectomy. Giant cell arteritis of the female genital tract is a rare finding in elderly women and may occur as an isolated finding or as part of generalised arteritis.
Azzena
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A
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Padua.
Altavilla
G
G
Salmaso
R
R
Vasoin
F
F
Pellizzari
P
P
Doria
A
A
D000368:Aged; D001158:Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000098:blood supply*; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D010053:Ovary / Q000473:pathology; D017698:Postmenopause