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Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis Involving Both External and Internal Carotid Arteries
Author(s) -
Noguchi Mikimasa,
Tatezawa Takashi,
Nakajima Shigeyuki,
Ishikawa Osamu
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1999.tb02029.x
Subject(s) - giant cell arteritis , medicine , arteritis , carotid arteries , internal carotid artery , radiology , temporal artery , superficial temporal artery , cerebral arteries , angiography , pathology , vasculitis , disease , cardiology , middle cerebral artery , ischemia
A 76‐year‐old woman with giant cell (temporal) arteritis was described; she presented with a one year history of headache and tinnitus. Histopathological findings from a superficial temporal artery showed arteritis with granulomatous changes. Bilateral carotid arteriograms demonstrated the stenoses of both internal carotid arteries as well as the narrowing of the superficial temporal arteries. Although we dermatologists rarely encounter the disease in daily clinical practice, it is of clinical importance to perform cerebral angiography in patients suspected of temporal arteritis.