Giant cell arteritis and secondary amyloidosis: the natural history
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
- Vol. 30 (2) , 114-116
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03009740151095448
Abstract
Giant cell (temporal) arteritis (GCA) may be a cause of fever of unknown origin (FUO) in elderly patients. The development of secondary (reactive) amyloidosis is an unusual complication of the disease. We describe a 65-year-old male patient who was hospitalized in our hospital with FUO and was diagnosed as having GCA 5 years later. At that time, he also had a nephrotic syndrome and secondary amyloidosis (AA-type). He died due to end-stage renal failure. The probable explanation for the development of this rare complication might be the late diagnosis of this chronic inflammatory disease, which was left untreated for a long period of time.Keywords
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