Usefulness of angioplasty in a patient with biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis and severe stenosis of the superior mesenteric artery

J Rheumatol. 2006 Jun;33(6):1204-5.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angioplasty*
  • Biopsy
  • Colon / blood supply
  • Constriction, Pathologic / drug therapy
  • Constriction, Pathologic / pathology
  • Constriction, Pathologic / surgery*
  • Cyclophosphamide / therapeutic use
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Female
  • Giant Cell Arteritis / drug therapy
  • Giant Cell Arteritis / pathology
  • Giant Cell Arteritis / surgery*
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Ileum / blood supply
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Mesenteric Artery, Superior / pathology
  • Mesenteric Artery, Superior / surgery*
  • Prednisolone / therapeutic use
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Glucocorticoids
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Cyclophosphamide
  • Prednisolone