Temporal arteritis.
Temporal arteritis, a chronic inflammatory vasculitis involving medium- and large-sized arteries, has rarely been reported in Asia. However, we report 2 cases, in which the patients initially presented with headache. Physical examination disclosed engorged, hard and palpable vessels in the temporal areas. Temporal-artery biopsy revealed 2 different types of arteritis: the multinucleated giant cell type and the panarteritis type without multinucleated giant cells. One patient was positive for immunoglobulin G anticardiolipin antibody. The pathologic findings of the different subsets of temporal arteritis, and the relationship between anticardiolipin antibody and the extent of vascular complications of temporal arteritis, are discussed.
Chen
Chun-Hsiung
CH
Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Kung
Shih-Ya
SY
Tsai
Ying-Yang
YY
Liao
Hsien-Tzung
HT
Chou
Chung-Tei
CT
Huang
De-Feng
DF
D000368:Aged; D017153:Antibodies, Anticardiolipin / Q000097:blood; D001706:Biopsy; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013699:Temporal Arteries / Q000473:pathology
D017153:Antibodies, Anticardiolipin