A case of pulmonary asbestosis presenting with temporal arteritis involving multiple medium-sized vessels

Modern Rhenmatology Volume 18 Issue 1 Page 100-104 published_at 2008
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A case of pulmonary asbestosis presenting with temporal arteritis involving multiple medium-sized vessels
Creator
Hattori Noboru
Ishikawa Nobuhisa
Taooka Yasuyuki
Yokoyama Akihito
Source Title
Modern Rhenmatology
Volume 18
Issue 1
Start Page 100
End Page 104
Abstract
A 76-year-old woman with pulmonary asbestosis was admitted with fever and polymyalgia. She subsequently developed a visual disorder, hemoptysis, and hemoperitoneum. A biopsy of the temporal artery revealed the presence of giant-cell arteritis. CT and angiography showed hemorrhaging from the bronchial and abdominal arteries. These observations suggested temporal arteritis in which medium-sized vessels were involved. This case implies the association between vasculitis and asbestosis, and suggests a problem in the classification of vasculitides.
Keywords
Temporal arteritis
Medium-sized vessel vasculitis
Hemoptysis
Abdominal hemorrhage
Pulmonary asbestosis
NDC
Medical sciences [ 490 ]
Language
eng
Resource Type journal article
Publisher
Springer
Date of Issued 2008
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Copyright (c) 2008 Springer-Verlag. "The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com"
Publish Type Author’s Original
Access Rights open access
Source Identifier
[ISSN] 1439-7595
[DOI] 10.1007/s10165-007-0016-x
[NCID] AA1157187X
[DOI] http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10165-007-0016-x