[Giant cell aortitis complicated by AA amyloidosis diagnosed with imaging techniques: Report of a case].

CONCLUSION: In case of chronic inflammation of unknown origin in elderly patients, aortitis complicating a giant cell arteritis should be looked for with imaging techniques, as clinical diagnosis of this presentation is difficult, whereas delayed diagnosis exposes to severe or fatal issues. PMID: 27241076 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Revue de Medecine Interne - Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Rev Med Interne Source Type: research