title: [Isolated prolonged cough caused by Horton's disease].
abstract: Pulmonary involvement is very rare in giant cell arteritis. The sign that is most often encountered seems to be dry cough which can remain, for a long time, the sole manifestation of this disease. We report a case of giant cell arteritis in a 66 year old woman that expressed for only symptom a dry cough during one year. A rapid regression of clinical symptoms and radiologic signs have been observed with steroid therapy. Presence of isolated cough along with biological marks of inflammation in a elderly patient should lead to temporal biopsy when no other evidence cause has been found.
authors.affiliation: Service de Médecine Interne B, CHU Carémeau, Nîmes.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Joomaye
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sotto
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jourdan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003371:Cough / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Toux isolée prolongée inaugurant une maladie de Horton.