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Giant cell arteritis and systemic lupus erythematosus
1Department of Dermatology, University College and Middlesex Hospital School of Medicine, Middlesex Hospital, London, U.K.
The British Journal of Dermatology
|July 1, 1988
Abstract:
We describe a case of histologically proven giant cell arteritis (GCA) in a 62-year-old woman who initially presented with upper limb girdle pain and weakness, and intermittent claudication. Clinical improvement was obtained with oral prednisolone. She subsequently developed a photosensitive rash and was diagnosed as having systemic lupus erythematosus. The features of the two conditions and the possibility of an association are discussed.