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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
Boundaries of a systemic disease: a protean presentation of giant cell arteritis
António Mesquita1,2, Lara Camara3, Catarina Patrício3
1Internal Medicine, Hospital Santo António dos Capuchos, Lisboa, Portugal aefpmesquita@gmail.com.
Abstract:
A 60-year-old man was hospitalised with persistent fever, arm pain, dry cough and cholestasis. Diagnostic workup was remarkable for elevated inflammatory markers. Infectious diseases and autoimmune screening were negative. Imaging modalities excluded a neoplastic aetiology. Liver biopsy was negative for granulomatous or lymphomatous infiltrations. Giant cell arteritis (GCA) was suspected, but temporal artery Doppler ultrasound and biopsy were non-diagnostic. A positron emission tomography scan showed intense metabolic uptake in large vessels suggesting the diagnosis of GCA. Prednisolone was initiated with clinical and analytical improvement. At 1-year follow-up, there were no relapses and the patient remains symptom free.
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