title: Giant cell arteritis associated with chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection.
abstract: Giant cell arteritis is an inflammatory vasculopathy that preferentially affects medium-sized and large arteries. A viral cause has been suspected but not confirmed in polymyalgia rheumatica and giant-cell arteritis. We report the case of a 81-year-old female who suffered from chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection and developed giant cell temporal arteritis.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Biomedico di Medicina Interna e Specialistica, Sezione di Reumatologia, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giardina
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rizzo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferrante
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Capra
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Triolo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ciccia
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001706:Biopsy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification; D020031:Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000821:virology; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D013699:Temporal Arteries / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral