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Arm ischemia secondary to giant cell arteritis
D P Halpin1, K T Moran, E R Jewell
1Section of Peripheral Vascular Surgery, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts 01805.
Annals of Vascular Surgery
|October 1, 1988
Abstract:
Patients with severe ischemic symptoms that fail to respond to steroid therapy, despite a dramatic and continuous drop in the erythrocyte sedimentation rate, may require arterial bypass surgery to overcome arterial ischemia caused by arteritis. We report the case of a patient with bilateral subclavian artery occlusion secondary to giant cell arteritis who responded well to steroid therapy and arterial reconstructive surgery. The patient has remained well for five years.