PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kenneth J Warrington
AU  - Bernd W Scheithauer
AU  - Clement J Michet
TI  - Acute myeloid leukemia associated with necrotizing temporal arteritis.
DP  - 2003 Apr 01
TA  - The Journal of Rheumatology
PG  - 846--848
VI  - 30
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/30/4/846.short
4100  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/30/4/846.full
SO  - J Rheumatol2003 Apr 01; 30
AB  - The clinical presentation of new onset headache, temporal artery tenderness, and elevated inflammatory markers is classical for giant cell arteritis (GCA). We describe a patient who presented with clinical features of GCA, but was found to have isolated necrotizing arteritis of the temporal artery in the setting of acute myeloid leukemia. This report emphasizes that if the temporal artery histology is not classical for GCA, or if the response to treatment is incomplete, further evaluation for systemic or paraneoplastic vasculitis should be considered.