Giant Cell Arteritis
Authors: Thierry Fest
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1996)

Letters15 May 1996Giant Cell ArteritisThierry Fest, MD, Christine Mougin, MD, and Jean-Louis Dupond, MDThierry Fest, MDCentre Hospitalier; Universitaire Jean Minjoz; F-25030 Besancon, FranceSearch for more papers by this author, Christine Mougin, MDCentre Hospitalier; Universitaire Jean Minjoz; F-25030 Besancon, FranceSearch for more papers by this author, and Jean-Louis Dupond, MDCentre Hospitalier; Universitaire Jean Minjoz; F-25030 Besancon, FranceSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-124-10-199605150-00019 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:I read with interest the study of Salvarani and colleagues [1], which suggests that an infectious agent could be involved in giant cell arteritis. At the French Annual Meeting of Internal Medicine in June 1994, we presented preliminary data from a study that tried to identify a causative virus in 174 elderly patients (mean age, 76.5 ± 10.1 years) who had an unexplained inflammatory process and had temporal biopsy for presumed giant cell arteritis [2]. All arterial biopsy specimens were used to detect cytomegalovirus DNA by a previously described in situ hybridization technique [3]. We compared the ...References1. Salvarani C, Gabriel SE, O'Fallon WM, Hunder GG. The incidence of giant cell arteritis in Olmsted County, Minnesota: apparent fluctuations in a cyclic pattern. Ann Intern Med. 1995; 123:192-4. Google Scholar2. Fest T, Mougin C, Kantelip B, Gil H, Viel JF, De Wazieres, et al. Detection de l'ADN du cytomegalovirus dans les arteres temporales: atteinte preferentielle au cours de la maladie de Horton. Rev Med Interne. 1994; 15:S63. Google Scholar3. Fest T, Angonin R, Mougin C, Deschaseaux M, Lab M, Cahn JY, et al. Detection of cytomegalovirus-infected cells in bone marrow biopsy specimens obtained before allogeneic bone marrow transplantation from donors and recipients. Transplantation. 1994; 57:1681-2. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Centre Hospitalier; Universitaire Jean Minjoz; F-25030 Besancon, France PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByGiant cell arteritis incidence: analysis by season and year in mid-Atlantic United StatesPhysiopathologie de l’artérite à cellules géantesCytomegalovirus esophagitis precipitated with immunosuppression in elderly giant cell arteritis patientsImproving coating characteristics of palm stearin alkyd by modification with ketone resinPathogenesis of giant cell arteritis: More than just an inflammatory condition?Is giant cell arteritis an infectious disease?Bilateral Vertebral Artery Occlusion Resulting from Giant Cell ArteritisGiant cell arteritisThe epidemiology of biopsy-positive giant cell arteritis: special reference to cyclic fluctuations 15 May 1996Volume 124, Issue 10Page: 927-928KeywordsArteriesBiopsyDNAElderlyGiant cellsInfectious disease controlInfectious diseasesPolymyalgia rheumaticaSystemic diseases Issue Published: 15 May 1996 CopyrightCopyright © 1996 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF DownloadLoading ...