Severe giant cell arteritis associated with essential thrombocythaemia.

Massimo Montalto, M. Biolato, Marco Biolato, A. Gallo, Antonella Gallo, S. Racco, Simona Racco, G. Marrone, R. Manna, Raffaele Manna, Antonio Grieco, G. Gasbarrini, Giovanni Battista Gasbarrini

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Abstract

Giant-cell arteritis (GCA) is a chronic vasculitis of the elderly usually involving the ophthalmic arteries, which can result in visual loss. High platelet counts may have some pathogenic significance in the obstruction of the ophthalmic circulation and a few cases of associated essential thrombocythaemia and GCA have been described. Here we report a case of severe temporal arteritis associated with essential thrombocythaemia.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)1271-1274
Numero di pagine4
RivistaInternational Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology
Volume23
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2010

Keywords

  • arteritis
  • thrombocytemia

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