[Chronic cough as the presenting feature of temporal arteritis]

We report a 70-year-old woman who presented with a chronic cough of 3-month duration, secondarily associated with fever and weight loss. She had no other symptoms. Physical examination was unremarkable and laboratory tests showed an increase level of acute phase reactants. Thoracic, abdominal and sinus computed tomographic scan was normal and bronchoscopy showed a non specific mucosa inflammation. Despite the absence of characteristic manifestations of temporal arteritis, a temporal artery biopsy was performed and disclosed evidence of typical temporal arteritis.