arteritis/fever

We report a case of Takayasu's arteritis as a cause of fever of unknown origin in a woman from Somalia. In patients with fever of unknown origin, it is important to consider the rare differential diagnoses and repeat physical examination despite easy access to high-technological examination methods.

METHODS Two women, aged 59 and 53 years, presented with a history of several months of classical fever of unknown origin (FUO), largely normal physical findings, and elevated markers of systemic inflammation. METHODS After initially unremarkable findings, duplex-sonography detected circular,

Fever of unknown origin (FUO) presents a diagnostic challenge. Giant cell arteritis (GCA) may present with FUO and this entity should be included in the differential of elderly patients who present with constitutional symptoms. While a temporal artery biopsy is considered the gold standard for the

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical characteristics and imaging results (CDS, 18-FDG-PET) of patients with large vessel giant cell arteritis (LV-GCA) presenting as fever of unknown origin (FUO). METHODS From a series of 82 patients with GCA we identified 8 patients with FUO as initial disease

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) presenting solely as fever is very rare. Usually, it manifests with typical features such as visual problems, headache, jaw claudication, or it can be associated with polymyalgia rheumatica. We present a case of a patient with GCA who presented only with prolonged fever.

Giant cell arteritis is one of the most frequent causes of pyrexia of unknown origin after infectious or malignant causes have been ruled out. In this case report we describe a 66-year old female patient, who after five weeks of remitting fever developed a life-threatening, painless severe aortic

Giant cell arteritis may present atypically with symptoms of malaise, anorexia, weight loss and fever that could lead to diagnostic difficulties. We describe two cases which the prominent initial feature was protracted pyrexia. Clinicians should seriously consider temporal artery biopsy in such

The objective of this study was to determine the proportion and characteristics of patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) who present with isolated inflammatory response and/or fever of unknown origin (IFUO). Using a cohort of 693 consecutive patients in two centers with evidence of GCA on biopsy

OBJECTIVE To assess the frequency and clinical features of biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis (GCA) patients who had fever at the time of diagnosis of the disease, and the relationship between fever, ischemic complications, and the systemic inflammatory response in GCA. METHODS A retrospective study

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a systemic large vessel vasculitis. Awareness of various manifestations of GCA is essential for early recognition and prompt treatment so as to prevent complications like blindness. GCA is one of the relatively common causes of fever of unknown origin (FUO) in the

In this article, we present the case of a patient with heart failure with biological aortic valve prosthesis and multiple vascular changes consistent with Takayasu arteritis (TA) who was seen in our department receiving corticosteroids and secondary prevention of rheumatic fever (RF); it was not

Takayasu arteritis is a chronic vasculitis involving the large vessels. At diagnosis, ischemic symptom are usually present in the affected vessels. However, fever of unknown origin (FUO) is rare as an initial presentation and renders the condition difficult to diagnose. In this case report, we

We report herein on a 15-year-old girl with Takayasu's arteritis (TA) in the early pre-pulseless phase who presented with left neck pain and fever. Laboratory examination revealed a high level of C-reactive protein (CRP) and an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). Findings of

A 62-year-old man presented with a 3-month history of chronic non-productive cough and unexplained fever. Further questioning revealed that he had headaches and myalgia. Bilateral thickened temporal arteries were noted on physical examination. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate was 96 mm in 1 h. A

Vasculitis is an unusual complication of cystic fibrosis (CF), normally affecting patients with more severe lung disease. Typical presentation is with skin disease but other organ involvement has been reported. Systemic response to bacterial colonisation and immune complex deposition secondary to