Eosinophilic angiitis presenting with a true, fusiform, temporal artery aneurysm

Temporal artery aneurysm is a rare cause of temporal artery swelling in the absence of preceding trauma. Vasculitis other than giant cell arteritis, such as eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, should be considered in such cases and a careful assessment of other medium‐sized arteries under...

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Autores principales: MacDiarmid, Megan, Nepogodiev, Dmitri, Tiwari, Alok, Duddy, Martin, Carey, Martyn, Jobanputra, Paresh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5458047/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28588807
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.869
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Sumario:Temporal artery aneurysm is a rare cause of temporal artery swelling in the absence of preceding trauma. Vasculitis other than giant cell arteritis, such as eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, should be considered in such cases and a careful assessment of other medium‐sized arteries undertaken.

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