A Rare Case of Bilateral Temporal Arteritis in a 40-year-old Patient
نویسندگان
1 Associate Professor of Neurology, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Firoozgar Hospital, Tehran, Iran
2 Associate Professor of Neurology, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Firoozgar Hospital, Tehran, Iran
3 Pars Advanced & Minimally Invasive Manners Research Center, Pars Hospital, Tehran, Iran
4 Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
5 Associate Professor of Neurology, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Pars Hospital, Tehran, Iran
6 Associate Professor of Neurology, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Firoozgar Hospital, Tehran, Iran
7 Minimally Invasive Techniques Research Center in Women, Tehran Medical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
8 Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Rasoul-Akram Medical Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
doi
10.5812/ircmj.41125چکیده
Introduction: Temporal arteritis (TA) is a chronic inflammatory vasculitis involving medium and large arteries, which mostly occurs after the age of 50 and involves one side of the body.Case Presentation: We present a 40-year-old male patient with simultaneous bilateral temporal arteritis along with a headache, mild fever, palpation of temporal arteries and anemia who responded to 1mg/kg oral daily prednisone for threemonths. This patient was referred to the Pars Hospital in Tehran, Iran on March 2016.Conclusions: Temporal arteritis should be kept in mind as an important curable differential diagnosis, not only in ages above 50, but also in lower ages and should be evaluated in both sides.
