Giant cell arteritis without cranial manifestations caused mesenteric involvement: a case report

BACKGROUND: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a granulomatous vasculitis and targets large vessels with predominance for the aortic arch and the cranial branches. GCA with cranial symptoms shows headache, jaw claudication, and ophthalmologic symptoms and thus was previously called temporal arteritis. Re...

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Published in:Surg Case Rep
Main Authors: Miyake, Yasuhiro, Morimoto, Yoshikazu, Taniguchi, Masaaki, Yamanaka, Chihiro, Ueno, Goro, Ejima, Sakae, Yutani, Chikao
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6656821/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31342194
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40792-019-0678-6
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