title: Asymptomatic giant-cell (temporal) arteritis involving the bilateral adnexa: case report and literature review.
abstract: Giant-cell arteritis involving the bilateral adnexa was identified incidentally in a bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy specimen obtained as a result of an ovarian cyst in a 75-year-old woman. Although the patient was asymptomatic, extensive giant-cell arteritis was present in the ovaries, paraovarian tissue, and fallopian tubes along with Brenner tumors of the ovaries. This finding prompted a temporal artery biopsy that revealed typical temporal arteritis. Giant-cell arteritis rarely involves the female genital tract and may present as an isolated form or a part of systemic disease. We discuss female genital tract giant-cell arteritis with a review of the English literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Magee-Womens Hospital of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15231, USA. kzyonm@netzero.com
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Onuma
authors.forename: Charleen T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Dabbs
mesh_terms: D000290:Adnexa Uteri / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000601:surgery