GRANULOMATOUS ARTERITIS WITH MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: A CASE REPORT WITH AUTOPSY FINDINGS

Case Reports1 March 1955GRANULOMATOUS ARTERITIS WITH MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: A CASE REPORT WITH AUTOPSY FINDINGSALAN N. MORRISON, M.D., MAURICE ABITBOL, M.D.ALAN N. MORRISON, M.D., MAURICE ABITBOL, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-42-3-691 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThis disease, first described by Hutchinson in 1890 and subsequently reported by Horton, Magath and Brown1 in 1932, has been the subject of numerous case reports. Since the report of Horton and Magath2 in 1937, temporal arteritis has been found to be a definite clinical and pathologic entity different from polyarteritis nodosa and thromboangiitis obliterans.The disease characteristically occurs in the older age group, 55 to 80 years, more often in females. The onset is usually with generalized headache, malaise, anorexia, low grade fever and weakness. After a variable period of time, ranging from weeks to months, pain is experienced...Bibliography1. HortonMagathBrown BTTBGE: An undescribed form of arteritis of the temporal vessels, Proc. Staff Meet., Mayo Clin. 7: 700, 1932. Google Scholar2. HortonMagath BTTB: Arteritis of the temporal vessels; report of seven cases, Proc. Staff Meet., Mayo Clin. 12: 548, 1937. Google Scholar3. RobertsAskey AMJM: Temporal arteritis, J. A. M. A. 137: 697, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Kristensen HP (a) : A case of temporal arteritis treated with ACTH, Acta med. Scandinav. 142: 591, 1952. (b) Cole, L., cited by Kristensen.4a Google Scholar5. SchulmanBergenstal SD: Treatment of temporal arteritis with cortisone. A case report, Ann. Int. Med. 37: 1088, 1952. LinkGoogle Scholar6. ShickBaggenstossFullerPolley RMAHBFHF: Effects of cortisone and ACTH on periarteritis nodosa and cranial arteritis, Proc. Staff Meet., Mayo Clin. 25: 492, 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar7. TateWheeler WMJA: Temporal arteritis. Report of a case with ACTH therapy, J. Kansas M. Soc. 52: 374, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar8. SpragueMacKenzie PHWC: A case of temporal arteritis, Canad. M. A. J. 43: 562, 1940. MedlineGoogle Scholar9. CookeCloakeGovanColbeck WTPCADJ: Temporal arteritis: a generalized vascular disease, Quart. J. Med. 39: 47, 1946. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. MeneelyBigelow JKNH: Temporal arteritis. A critical evaluation of this disorder, Am. J. Med. 14: 46, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. Kaye SL: Temporal arteritis; report of seven cases, Lancet 1: 1039, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Brooklyn, N. Y.*Received for publication April 26, 1954.From the Medical Service of Dr. E. L. Shlevin and the Department of Pathology, Dr. D. Grayzel, Attending, Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAdult and Childhood Vasculitis of the Nervous SystemEleven Themes in the History of Systemic and Nervous System VasculitidesGiant Cell ArteritisInflammatory Diseases of the Coronary ArteriesInflammatory Diseases of the Coronary ArteriesCollagen Vascular and Infectious DiseasesInflammatory Diseases of the Coronary ArteryAnatomie und Pathologie der KoronararterienGiant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis Involving Both External and Internal Carotid ArteriesVASCULITIS AND THE NERVOUS SYSTEMRADIOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULITISGRANULOMATOUS ANGIITIS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEMLes décès dans la maladie de Horton, Facteurs de pronosticInternuclear ophthalmoplegia in giant cell arteritis.MATTERS ARISING: Wessely replies:Pattern of arterial involvement of the head, neck, and eyes in giant cell arteritis: three case reports.Nonclassical organ involvement in temporal arteritisGiant Cell ArteritisCoronary arteritis and aortoarteritis in the elderly malesGiant cell arteritisGiant cell arteritis—a cardiological blind spot?Giant cell arteritis of coronary arteries causing myocardial infarction.Coronary Ischaemia and Occlusion in Giant Cell (Temporal) ArteritisStörungen der MakrozirkulationVisual system involvement in giant cell (temporal) arteritisREFERENCESCoronary thrombosis without coronary atherosclerosisPATHOLOGICAL CHANGES OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM IN GIANT-CELL ARTERITISPolymyalgia Rheumatica A Manifestation of Systemic Giant-cell ArteritisKENNETH R. WILSKE, M.D., L. A. HEALEY, M.D.Polymyalgia rheumaticaARTHRITIS IN "POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA"Zum Krankheitsbild der CoronaritisMyokarditis und weitere MyokardiopathienDie Coronarerkrankungen. Coronarinsuffizienz, Angina pectoris und HerzinfarktKrankheiten der GefäßeCardiovascular Manifestations of Collagen Diseases 1 March 1955Volume 42, Issue 3Page: 691-700KeywordsAge groupsAutopsyFeversHeadachesMedical servicesMyocardial infarctionTemporal arteritis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1955 PDF downloadLoading ...