Drobnic L, Esquius M, Humet C, Verdaguer A
Med Clin (Barc). 1979 Mar 25;72(6):221-30.
Thirteen cases of giant cell arteritis admitted to a Department of Internal Medicine between 1962 and 1977 are reviewed. Giant cell arteritis exhibited different clinical forms, including: temporal arteritis, rheumatic polymyalgia, syndrome of the supra-aortic trunks, cranial arteritis in its ophthalmic and neurologic forms, and generalized arteritis. On the basis of the clinical data, overall examinations, laboratory tests, X-rays, angiograms and histopathologic findings the authors conclude that a single disease is involved. The fact that various of the symptoms occur simultaneously in different patients and that all of the clinical forms have a common pathologic basis points toward giant cell arteritis with different clinical manifestations.
回顾了1962年至1977年间内科收治的13例巨细胞动脉炎病例。巨细胞动脉炎呈现出不同的临床形式，包括：颞动脉炎、风湿性多肌痛、主动脉弓综合征、眼科和神经科形式的颅动脉炎以及全身性动脉炎。基于临床资料、全面检查、实验室检查、X线、血管造影和组织病理学发现，作者得出结论，所涉及的是单一疾病。不同患者中各种症状同时出现，且所有临床形式都有共同的病理基础，这一事实表明巨细胞动脉炎具有不同的临床表现。
