[Great vessel and temporal artery involvement in temporal arteritis].
The importance of this case report resides in the unusual initiation of an arterial inflammatory disease. The patient presented ischemic symptoms and signs with bilateral upper limb claudication and Raynaud's phenomenon, with ulcerations on her left hand. We describe the patient's clinical history, diagnosis and therapy.
La Rosa
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Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas (CEMIC), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Zaefferer
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Avagnina
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Etchegoyen
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001011:Aorta; D001366:Axillary Artery; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D013348:Subclavian Artery