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Report of Nine Cases

Johan Säve-Söderbergh, MD; Bo-Eric Malmvall, MD, PhD; Rune Andersson, MD; Bengt-ke Bengtsson, MD, PhD

JAMA. 1986;255(4):493-496.

Abstract
Nine patients who have died of giant cell arteritis (GCA) are described. Two patients died of myocardial infarction caused by GCA in the coronary arteries. Another two patients died of dissecting aneurysm of the aorta where GCA were found in the lesions of the aorta wall. Giant cell arteritis causing cerebral stroke was the cause of death in five patients. None of the cases were receiving adequate corticosteroid treatment when symptoms of the ischemic catastrophies started. These cases illustrate that GCA is a generalized arteritis that can involve arteries of vital importance.

(JAMA 1986;255:493-496)

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Pathology (Dr Säve-Söderbergh) and Infectious Diseases (Drs Malmvall and Andersson), Östra Hospital, and the Department of Internal Medicine, Sahlgrenska Hospital (Dr Bengtsson), University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Department of Infectious Diseases, East Hospital, S-416 85 Göteberg, Sweden (Dr Andersson).

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