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Visual loss mimicking a treated temporal arteritis relapse.

Pascal Augustin1, Thierry Généreau, Pascale Cervera

  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, 184 rue du, Faubourg Saint-Antoine, 75571 Paris Cedex 12, France. pascalaugustin@hotmail.com

European Journal of Internal Medicine
|July 26, 2006
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Temporal arteritis patients on steroids may develop opportunistic nocardiosis, mimicking relapse. This infection can lead to fatal septic shock, highlighting the need for differential diagnosis during treatment.

Area of Science:

  • Ophthalmology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Rheumatology

Background:

  • Temporal arteritis (TA) is a vasculitis often treated with corticosteroids.
  • Corticosteroids can increase the risk of opportunistic infections.
  • Visual disturbances are a known complication of TA.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To report a case where nocardiosis mimicked a temporal arteritis relapse.
  • To emphasize the importance of considering opportunistic infections in TA patients undergoing treatment.

Main Methods:

  • Case report describing a patient with temporal arteritis.
  • Analysis of clinical presentation, treatment, and autopsy findings.

Main Results:

  • A patient developed nocardiosis during corticosteroid tapering for TA.

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  • The nocardiosis was initially misdiagnosed as a TA relapse, leading to intensified steroid therapy.
  • The patient ultimately died of septic shock due to disseminated nocardiosis.

    • Conclusions:

    • Visual loss in TA patients can be due to opportunistic infections, not just disease relapse.
    • Clinicians must consider nocardiosis and other opportunistic infections in TA patients presenting with new symptoms during corticosteroid therapy.