ReviewsPericardial Involvement as an Atypical Manifestation of Giant Cell Arteritis: Report of a Clinical Case and Literature Review
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Case Report
A 71-year-old woman was admitted in the “Red Cross” General Hospital* with low-grade fever, exertion breathlessness, diffuse muscular pain, and a weight loss of 4 kg developing over a period of about 5 weeks. Headaches, visual disturbances, and jaw and tongue claudication were not reported. Her past medical history was free from any
Discussion
Giant cell arteritis, which is included among vasculitides, is rarely manifested as a systemic panarteritis associated with ischemic symptoms in the extremities, the heart, the central nervous system, the peripheral nervous system, and the abdominal and pelvic viscera.20
Vasculitides have been classified into three groups.21 The first one is related to an immune complex deposition mechanism, the second (where GCA belongs) is characterized by cell-mediated mechanisms along with the formation of
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