CRANIAL ARTERITIS: A CASE REPORT AND DISCUSSION
Authors: D F KIMMERLING, P F NORDIN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1952)

Case Reports1 June 1952CRANIAL ARTERITIS: A CASE REPORT AND DISCUSSIONDON F. KIMMERLING, M.D., PAUL F. NORDIN, M.D.DON F. KIMMERLING, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, PAUL F. NORDIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-36-6-1520 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe diagnosis of cranial arteritis is apparently made with greater frequency as knowledge of the characteristic features of this disease increases. The patient to be reported was admitted to the service of Dr. Gilbert M. Barrett, St. Luke's Hospital, San Francisco, in May, 1949.CASE REPORTA 69 year old white female noted the onset of extreme and persistent fatigue one month before hospitalization. Except for a sudden severe headache over the vertex, which occurred transiently two weeks later, she was free of acute symptoms for the next three weeks. She then began to experience generalized headaches of a constant...Bibliography1. HortonMagathBrown BTTBGE: An undescribed form of arteritis of the temporal vessels, Proc. Staff Meet., Mayo Clin. 7: 700-701, 1932. Google Scholar2. Thevenard M: Syndrome neuralgique, cranio-fronto-temporal, d'origine sympathetique: resection de l'artère temporale superficielle, Bull. et mém. Soc. d. chir. de Paris 31: 136, 1939. Google Scholar3. RobertsAskey AMJM: Temporal arteritis, J. A. M. A. 137: 697-699 (June 19) 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. KilbourneWolff EDHG: Cranial arteritis: a critical evaluation of the syndrome of "temporal arteritis" with report of a case, Ann. Int. Med. 24: 1-9 (Jan.) 1946. LinkGoogle Scholar5. Jennings GH: Arteritis of the temporal vessels, Lancet 1: 424-428 (Feb. 19) 1938. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. DickFreeman GFG: Temporal arteritis, J. A. M. A. 114: 645-647 (Feb. 24) 1940. Google Scholar7. HoytPereraKauvar LHCAHA: Temporal arteritis, New England J. Med. 225: 283-286, 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. VandivierRitchey RMJO: Temporal arteritis, J. Indiana M. A. 38: 289, 1945. Google Scholar9. Dantes DA: Temporal arteritis, J. A. M. A. 131: 1265-1269 (Aug. 17) 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. MacDonaldMoser JARH: Periarteritis nodosa and arteritis of the temporal vessels: a case report, Ann. Int. Med. 10: 1721-1726 (May) 1937. LinkGoogle Scholar11. PostSanders LTTE: Temporal arteritis, case report with eye findings, Am. J. Ophth. 27: 19-25 (Jan.) 1944. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. Sproul EE: A case of temporal arteritis, abstr., New York State J. Med. 42: 345-346, 1942. Google Scholar13. ChasnoffVorzimer JJJ: Temporal arteritis: a local manifestation of a systemic disease, Ann. Int. Med. 20: 327-333 (Feb.) 1944. LinkGoogle Scholar14. ProtasSaidman MA: Temporal arteritis: critical review of the proven cases with report of an additional case with pernicious anemia, M. Ann. District of Columbia 17: 34-42 (Jan.) 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar15. Bowers JM: Arteritis of temporal vessels: report of case, Arch. Int. Med. 66: 384-392, 1940. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. SpragueMacKenzie PHWC: A case of temporal arteritis, Canad. M. A. J. 43: 562-564, 1940. MedlineGoogle Scholar17. CookeCloakeGovanColbeck WTPCADJC: Temporal arteritis: a generalized vascular disease, Quart. J. Med. 15: 47-75 (Jan.) 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar18. ScottMaxwell TES: Temporal arteritis—case report, Internat. Clin. 2: 220-223, 1941. Google Scholar19. JohnsonHarleyHorton RHRDBT: Arteritis of the temporal vessels associated with loss of vision, Am. J. Ophth. 26: 147-150 (Feb.) 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar20. SmithGreene CPB: Ocular complications of temporal arteritis, Am. J. Ophth. 32: 685-690 (May) 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar21. HortonMagath BTTB: Arteritis of temporal vessels, report of 7 cases, Proc. Staff Meet., Mayo Clin. 12: 548-553, 1937. Google Scholar22. SchaeferSanders CLCE: Temporal arteritis, Am. Heart J. 24: 410-411, 1942. CrossrefGoogle Scholar23. Lambert TH: Temporal arteritis, California Med. 70: 419-420 (May) 1949. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication April 10, 1950.From the Medical Service, St. Luke's Hospital, San Francisco, California. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byKrankheiten der Gefäße 1 June 1952Volume 36, Issue 6Page: 1520-1526KeywordsFatigueHeadachesHospitalizationsMedical services ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1952 PDF downloadLoading ...