[Isolated pulmonary giant cell arteritis: a case report and literature review].
OBJECTIVE
To study the clinical and pathological characteristics of isolated pulmonary giant cell arteritis and its differential diagnosis.


METHODS
The pathological data of a patient with isolated pulmonary giant cell arteritis were studied, and the literature was reviewed.


RESULTS
The walls of the pulmonary artery and its major lobar branches were thickened, and the blood vessels were occluded by organizing thrombosis. The arterial wall was infiltrated by lymphocytes, mononuclear cells and some multinuclear giant cells.


CONCLUSIONS
Isolated pulmonary giant cell arteritis is a rare disease which can be definitely diagnosed by angiography and histopathology.
Department of Pathology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China.
Rui-e
RE
Feng
Hong-rui
HR
Liu
Da-chun
DC
Zhao
Ning
N
Yang
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology*