title: Temporal arteritis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.
authors.forename: Chun-Hsiung
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Shih-Ya
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kung
authors.forename: Ying-Yang
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Hsien-Tzung
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Chung-Tei
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.forename: De-Feng
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D017153:Antibodies, Anticardiolipin