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GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; A FIVE‐YEAR REVIEW OF BIOPSY‐PROVEN CASES IN A TEACHING HOSPITAL
Author(s) -
Dare B.,
Byrne E.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1980.tb134927.x
Subject(s) - giant cell arteritis , medicine , arteritis , presentation (obstetrics) , myasthenia gravis , gangrene , biopsy , dermatology , disease , ulcerative colitis , blindness , vasculitis , surgery , radiology , pediatrics , pathology , optometry
Twenty‐five patients with biopsy‐proven giant cell arteritis (GCA) were treated at the Royal Adelaide Hospital from 1973 to 1978. Three patients had a normal ESR on presentation. Four patients developed monocular blindness, one had gangrene of the tongue, and one had a brainstem stroke. Six patients had concurrent autoimmune thyroid disease, one suffered from myasthenia gravis and one had ulcerative colitis—a significant observation in view of the suggestion that GCA has an immunological basis.