Giant-cell Arteritis Producing an Aortic Arch Syndrome
Authors: GENE G. HUNDER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1967)

Case Studies1 March 1967Giant-cell Arteritis Producing an Aortic Arch SyndromeGENE G. HUNDER, M.D., L. EMMERSON WARD, M.D., F.A.C.P., MAHLON K. BURBANK, M.D.GENE G. HUNDER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, L. EMMERSON WARD, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, MAHLON K. BURBANK, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-66-3-578 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPatients with giant-cell arteritis (temporal or cranial arteritis) have long been recognized to have involvement of arteries other than the temporal arteries. Although typical lesions have been described occasionally in the aorta and the vessels of the aortic arch, occlusion of these vessels causing an aortic arch syndrome has been reported infrequently.The present report describes a woman who had giant-cell arteritis and marked involvement of the thoracic aorta and its large branches.CASE REPORTA 65-year-old white housewife was first seen at the Mayo Clinic on November 19, 1965, for evaluation of weakness, malaise, anorexia, and fever of 1...References1. HUTCHISON J: Diseases of the arteries. I. On a peculiar form of thrombotic arteritis of the aged which is sometimes productive of gangrene. Arch. Surg. (London) 1: 323, 1890. Google Scholar2. HORTONMAGATHBROWN BTTBGE: Arteritis of the temporal vessels: a previously undescribed form. Arch. Intern. Med. (Chicago) 53: 400, 1934. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. KILBOURNEWOLFF EDHG: Cranial arteritis: a critical evaluation of the syndrome of "temporal arteritis" with report of a case. Ann. Intern. 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