Skin-limited arteritis of small muscular arteries with giant cell-rich granulomatous inflammation in a patient with polymyalgia rheumatica

Scand J Rheumatol. 2018 Nov;47(6):509-510. doi: 10.1080/03009742.2017.1387674. Epub 2018 Jan 23.

Authors

M Kobayashi¹, H Shimojo¹, K Shingu², M Harada³, H Kanno¹

Affiliations

¹ a Department of Pathology , Shinshu University School of Medicine , Matsumoto , Japan.
² b Department of Laboratory Medicine , Shinshu University Hospital , Matsumoto , Japan.
³ c Department of Nephrology , Shinshu University School of Medicine , Matsumoto , Japan.

PMID: 29357744
DOI: 10.1080/03009742.2017.1387674

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Arteries / pathology*
Fatal Outcome
Female
Giant Cell Arteritis / complications
Giant Cell Arteritis / diagnosis*
Giant Cell Arteritis / drug therapy
Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
Humans
Polymyalgia Rheumatica / complications*
Polymyalgia Rheumatica / drug therapy
Prednisolone / therapeutic use
Skin / blood supply
Skin / pathology*

Substances

Glucocorticoids
Prednisolone