Giant cell (temporal) arteritis involving both external and internal carotid arteries.
A 76-year-old woman with giant cell (temporal) arteritis was described; she presented with a one year history of headache and tinnitus. Histopathological findings from a superficial temporal artery showed arteritis with granulomatous changes. Bilateral carotid arteriograms demonstrated the stenoses of both internal carotid arteries as well as the narrowing of the superficial temporal arteries. Although we dermatologists rarely encounter the disease in daily clinical practice, it is of clinical importance to perform cerebral angiography in patients suspected of temporal arteritis.
Noguchi
M
M
Division of Dermatology, Maebashi Red Cross Hospital, Japan.
Tatezawa
T
T
Nakajima
S
S
Ishikawa
O
O
D000368:Aged; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006895:Hydroxyethyl Starch Derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010952:Plasma Substitutes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013988:Ticlopidine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014859:Warfarin / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D000925:Anticoagulants; D006895:Hydroxyethyl Starch Derivatives; D010952:Plasma Substitutes; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D014859:Warfarin; D011239:Prednisolone; D013988:Ticlopidine