title: Temporal artery vasculitis in young: a report of two cases.
abstract: Temporal (giant cell) arteritis is a chronic vasculitis of large and medium sized vessels which usually occurs in individuals above 50 years of age. In patients less than 50 years temporal artery vasculitis is extremely rare. The clinical presentations of the vasculitis in younger patients appear to be different from the older patients. We present two case reports of temporal artery vasculitis in patients less than 50 years, one of them with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Both the cases had variable clinical presentations and good response to treatment.
authors.affiliation: Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, USA. Kumar.Dinesh@uphs.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Kumar Pannagasayanam
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Dinesh
authors.forename: Adekunle
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Owolabi
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dwyer-Joyce
authors.forename: Patrick M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Cronin
authors.forename: Barry M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Schimmer
authors.forename: Gyi P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Mo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active / Q000379:methods; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012074:Remission Induction; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D011241:Prednisone
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