[A late onset diagnosis of giant cell arteritis in remission].
Diagnostic tardif d’une artérite à cellules géantes en rémission.
Artérite à cellules géantes
Fever
Fièvre
Giant cell arteritis
Guérison spontanée
Horton
Spontaneous remission
Vascularite
Vascularitis
Journal
La Revue de medecine interne
ISSN: 1768-3122
Titre abrégé: Rev Med Interne
Pays: France
ID NLM: 8101383
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2023
Oct 2023
Historique:
received:
12
04
2023
revised:
02
07
2023
accepted:
25
07
2023
pubmed:
10
8
2023
medline:
10
8
2023
entrez:
9
8
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Giant-cell arteritis (GCA) is a classical cause of chronical inflammation (CI) in the elderly, causing headaches, scalp hypersensitivity and jaw claudication. We describe a patient with a GCA revealed with a year-long biological inflammation and weight loss. Diagnosis was performed on a systematic temporal artery biopsy showing typical histological features. No treatment was intended as the patient had a spontaneous remission, maintained at one year of follow-up. This case highlights the benefit of a systematic temporal artery biopsy to explore CI and reminds us that GCA may undergo spontaneous remission.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37558600
pii: S0248-8663(23)00684-7
doi: 10.1016/j.revmed.2023.07.007
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
English Abstract
Journal Article
Langues
fre
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
536-538Informations de copyright
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