Giant Cell Arteritis in a 12-Year-Old Girl Presenting with Nephrotic Syndrome

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is rare in children. The kidneys are generally spared. We present a case of GCA in a 12-year-old girl with severe headache and tender scalp especially over the right temporal area. The right superficial temporal artery was cord like and nodular and the pulsations were bare...

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Autores principales: El-Sayed, Zeinab A., El-Awady, Hanaa M., Hassan, Zeinab E., Adham, Tamer M. H., Mostafa, Hossam M., Elhefnawy, Nadia G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4221970/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25400969
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/491937

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4221970/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25400969
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/491937

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