[Atypical presentation of a clinical case of giant cell arteritis].

Abstract

We present a very unusual clinical case of giant cell arteritis with uterus involvement, in a women of 66 years old, that began clinical features of pain and functional limitation of shoulders and hip 3 mouth before been operated of uterus prolapse with hysterectomy. Biopsy of uterus found affected arterial vesels with wall sclerosis and granulomatous inflamation with giant cells, without necrosis, involving media and perivascular portions suggesting giant cell arteritis. In a previous reports review, we only found ten similar clinical cases. In that cases, clinical features were no suggestif of the disease. Although the well known tendency of arteritis to involve some specific vascular areas, the case we present is an example of the systemic course of the disease and his difficulty to diagnose.

• Authors: L L Rosselló Aubach, G Torres Cortada, J Cabau Rúbies, M A Aragón Sanz, R Oncins Torres
• Journal: Anales de medicina interna (Madrid, Spain : 1984) (An Med Interna) Vol. 23 Issue 6 Pg. 282-4 (Jun 2006) ISSN: 0212-7199 [Print] Spain
• Vernacular Title: Presentación atípica de un caso de arteritis de células gigantes.
• PMID: 17067222 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Glucocorticoids
• Prednisone

Topics

• Aged
• Biopsy
• Blood Sedimentation
• Female
• Giant Cell Arteritis (complications, drug therapy, pathology)
• Glucocorticoids (therapeutic use)
• Humans
• Hysterectomy
• Prednisone (therapeutic use)
• Treatment Outcome
• Uterine Diseases (etiology, pathology, surgery)
• Uterus (blood supply, pathology, surgery)