Primary Systemic Al Amyloidosis Presenting as Temporal Arteritis
Articles > Article · 2014
Authors: HAKAN EMMUNGİL, MELİKE KALFA, BURCU BAŞARIK, HASİP KAHRAMAN, FERHAT TANHAN, Banu YAMAN, ATİYE ÖZTÜRK, ZEHRA ERDEMİR, GÜLŞEN KANDİLOĞLU, VEDAT İNAL, Yasemin KABASAKAL
Case Reports in Rheumatology, Refereed Journals of Other Institutions, International, Scopus, 2014, vol 2014, pp 1-4
DOI: 10.1155/2014/549641
Summary
Temporal arteritis is most common vasculitis in elderly and imitated by miscellaneous disorders. Temporal artery biopsy is the gold standard test in the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA). Hereby, we describe a case of a 67-year-old man who presented initially with temporal arteritis; however, a lip biopsy then revealed AL amyloidosis. In this respect, temporal artery biopsy should be performed for definitive diagnosis of GCA particularly patients with systemic symptoms and treatment resistant.