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Giant‐cell arteritis of the female genital tract
Author(s) -
HOEN B.,
BATY V.,
AYMARD B.,
JUDLIN P.,
FOLIGUET B.,
CANTON P.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.625
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1365-2796
pISSN - 0954-6820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2796.1994.tb00806.x
Subject(s) - giant cell arteritis , medicine , arteritis , cervix , pathological , female circumcision , pathology , sex organ , uterus , dermatology , vasculitis , gynecology , disease , cancer , biology , genetics
. A 56‐year‐old woman with long‐lasting fever of unknown origin was diagnosed as having a giant‐cell arteritis of the genital tract with no evidence of temporal arteritis. Diagnosis relied on pathological examination, which showed a segmental panarteritis of ovaries, myometrium, endometrium and uterus cervix. Corticosteroid therapy led to clinical cure within a few weeks. Twenty‐five cases of giant‐cell arteritis of the female genital tract have been published of which only four were associated with temporal arteritis. We recommend that such a diagnosis should be considered in women presenting with long‐lasting fever of unknown origin, even in the absence of temporal arteritis and the clinical evidence of genital abnormalities.