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An Immunohistopathologic Study to Profile the Folate Receptor Beta Macrophage and Vascular Immune Microenvironment in Giant Cell Arteritis
Published on: February 8, 2019
[Mesenteric artery involvement in giant cell arteritis: two cases and literature review]
A Lorthioir1, I Marie, F Tetart
1Département de médecine interne, CHU de Rouen, 147, avenue du Maréchal-Juin, 76031 Rouen cedex, France. isabelle.marie@chu-rouen.fr
Introduction:
Mesenteric involvement has been rarely reported in giant cell arteritis (GCA). Our literature search using the Medline database (1966-2008), reviewing all articles in English and French languages identified only 31 cases of mesenteric ischemia related to GCA. We report two additional cases.
Case Reports:
We report two men with GCA. At diagnosis of GCA-associated mesenteric involvement, patients exhibited: fever/fatigue (n=2), abdominal complaints (n=1), clinical signs of GCA (n=1). In both patients, abdominal CT-scan showed circumferential halo around the superior mesenteric artery. At systematic follow-up, CT-scan revealed improvement of mesenteric damage in both patients.
Conclusion:
Our study indicates that CT-scan is a useful technique in diagnosis of GCA-associated mesenteric involvement. Furthermore, we suggest that CT-scan may also be helpful in both the monitoring and the medical management of GCA-related mesenteric artery involvement.
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