title: Primary systemic Al amyloidosis presenting as temporal arteritis.
abstract: Temporal arteritis is most common vasculitis in elderly and imitated by miscellaneous disorders. Temporal artery biopsy is the gold standard test in the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA). Hereby, we describe a case of a 67-year-old man who presented initially with temporal arteritis; however, a lip biopsy then revealed AL amyloidosis. In this respect, temporal artery biopsy should be performed for definitive diagnosis of GCA particularly patients with systemic symptoms and treatment resistant.
authors.affiliation: Mersin State Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Nusratiye Hometown, Kuvayi Milliye Street No. 32, 33050, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Emmungil
authors.affiliation: Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mardin State Hospital, Vali Ozan Street, Mardin, Turkey.
authors.forename: Melike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kalfa
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonology, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Ege University Hospital, Ankara Street, 35040 Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Burcu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Başarık
authors.affiliation: Department of İnfectious Disease, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hasip
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kahraman
authors.affiliation: Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Ege University Hospital, Ankara Street, 35040 Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ferhat
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tanhan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Ege University Hospital, Ankara Street, 35040 Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Banu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yaman
authors.affiliation: Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Ege University Hospital, Ankara Street, 35040 Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Atiye
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oztürk
authors.affiliation: Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Ege University Hospital, Ankara Street, 35040 Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zehra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Erdemir
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Ege University Hospital, Ankara Street, 35040 Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gülşen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kandiloğlu
authors.affiliation: Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ege University Faculty of Medicine Ege University Hospital, Ankara Street, 35040 Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Vedat
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Inal
authors.affiliation: Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ege University Faculty of Medicine Ege University Hospital, Ankara Street, 35040 Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yasemin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kabasakal