摘要
Temporal arteritis, a chronic inflammatory vasculitis involving medium- and large-sized arteries, has rarely been reported in Asia. However, we report 2 cases, in which the patients initially presented with headache. Physical examination disclosed engorged, hard and palpable vessels in the temporal areas. Temporal-artery biopsy revealed 2 different types of arteritis: the multinucleated giant cell type and the panarteritis type without multinucleated giant cells. One patient was positive for immunoglobulin G anticardiolipin antibody. The pathologic findings of the different subsets of temporal arteritis, and the relationship between anticardiolipin antibody and the extent of vascular complications of temporal arteritis, are discussed.
原文 | 英語 |
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頁(從 - 到) | 333-335 |
頁數 | 3 |
期刊 | Journal of the Chinese Medical Association |
卷 | 68 |
發行號 | 7 |
出版狀態 | 已發佈 - 7月 2005 |
對外發佈 | 是 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- 醫藥 (全部)