TREATMENT OF TEMPORAL ARTERITIS WITH CORTISONE: A CASE REPORT
Authors: S SCHULMAN, D BERGENSTAL
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1952)

Case Reports1 November 1952TREATMENT OF TEMPORAL ARTERITIS WITH CORTISONE: A CASE REPORTSIDNEY SCHULMAN, M.D., DELBERT BERGENSTAL, Ph.D., M.D.SIDNEY SCHULMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, DELBERT BERGENSTAL, Ph.D., M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-37-5-1088 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTemporal arteritis, an uncommon disease affecting patients over the age of 55 years, and chiefly women, is characterized clinically by general manifestations including malaise, muscular and joint pains, anorexia, loss of weight, low grade fever, anemia, mild leukocytosis and increased sedimentation rate, and by local symptoms in the form of extremely painful, tender and thickened superficial temporal arteries. In one-third or more of cases there is a significant degree of visual impairment—in some instances bilateral total blindness—from involvement of the retinal arteries. The disease is self-limited, with an average duration of seven to eight months and a range of two...Bibliography1. CrosbyWadsworth RCRC: Temporal arteritis, review of the literature and report of five additional cases, Arch. Int. Med. 81: 431 (April) 1948. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. HortonMagathBrown BTTBGE; An undescribed form of arteritis of the temporal vessels, Proc. Staff Meet., Mayo Clin. 7: 700 (Dec. 7) 1932. Google Scholar3. HortonMagath BTTB: Arteritis of temporal vessels: 7 cases, Proc. Staff Meet., Mayo Clin. 12: 548 (Sept. 1) 1937. Google Scholar4. HoytPereraKauvar LHGAAJ: Temporal arteritis, New England J. Med. 225: 283 (Aug. 21) 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. Murphy JR: The syndrome of temporal arteritis, New York State J. Med. 42: 2236 (Dec. 1) 1942. Google Scholar6. Dantes DA: Temporal arteritis, J. A. M. A. 131: 1265 (Aug. 17) 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. Andersen T: Arteritis temporalis, a survey and a case with glaucoma, Acta med. Scandinav. 128: 151, 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. RobertsAskey AMJM: Temporal arteritis, relief of headache by injection of procaine hydrochloride, J. A. M. A. 137: 697 (June 19) 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. SchaeferSanders CLCE: Temporal arteritis, Am. Heart J. 24: 410 (Sept.) 1942. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. SpragueMacKenzie PHWC: A case of temporal arteritis, Canad. M. A. J. 43: 562 (Dec.) 1940. MedlineGoogle Scholar11. ScottMaxwell TES: Temporal arteritis: a case report, Internat. Clin. 2: 220 (June) 1941. Google Scholar12. Frisk A: The temporal arteritis syndrome, Acta med. Scandinav. 130: 455, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13. CookeCloakeGovanColbeck WTPCADJ: Temporal arteritis: a generalized vascular disease, Quart. J. Med. 39: 47 (Jan.) 1946. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. Kaye SL: Temporal arteritis; report of seven cases, Lancet 1: 1039 (June 18) 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar15. Rice-OxleyCooke JMAM: Temporal arteritis, Lancet 1: 2 (Jan. 13) 1951. Google Scholar16. ShickBaggenstossFullerPolley RMAMBFHF: Effects of cortisone and ACTH on periarteritis nodosa and cranial arteritis, Proc. Staff Meet., Mayo Clin. 25: 492 (Aug. 16) 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar17. TateWheeler WMJA: Temporal arteritis: report of a case with ACTH therapy, J. Kansas M. Soc. 52: 374 (August) 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar18. Andersen AH: Nyere laegemidler, Ugesk. f. laeger. 113: 585, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar19. Kristensen HP: A case of temporal arteritis treated with ACTH, Acta med. Scandinav. 142: 391, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar20. DoretRouxRywlin JPJLA: L'arterite temporale a propos d'un cas traite par la cortisone, Schweiz, med. Wchnschr. 81: 946 (September) 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Chicago, Illinois*Received for publication January 2, 1952.From the Department of Medicine of the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byKrankheiten der GefäßeGRANULOMATOUS ARTERITIS WITH MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: A CASE REPORT WITH AUTOPSY FINDINGS*ALAN N. MORRISON, M.D., MAURICE ABITBOL, M.D. 1 November 1952Volume 37, Issue 5Page: 1088-1094KeywordsAntibioticsArteriesArthralgiaBlindnessEye diseasesFeversLeukocytosisMuscular diseasesTemporal arteritisWeight loss ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1952 PDF downloadLoading ...