title: A case of pulmonary asbestosis presenting with temporal arteritis involving multiple medium-sized vessels.
abstract: A 76-year-old woman with pulmonary asbestosis was admitted with fever and polymyalgia. She subsequently developed a visual disorder, hemoptysis, and hemoperitoneum. A biopsy of the temporal artery revealed the presence of giant-cell arteritis. CT and angiography showed hemorrhaging from the bronchial and abdominal arteries. These observations suggested temporal arteritis in which medium-sized vessels were involved. This case implies the association between vasculitis and asbestosis, and suggests a problem in the classification of vasculitides.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: Shintaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: Noboru
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.forename: Nobuhisa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujitaka
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kumagai
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Taooka
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Haruta
authors.forename: Akihito
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Nobuoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kohno
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001195:Asbestosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000209:etiology; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans