[Acute ischemia of the lower limb in a patient with temporal arteritis and rheumatoid arthritis, carrier of anticardiolipin antibodies].

We report a case of Temporal Arteritis, carrier of IgG anticardiolipin antibodies, who presented seronegative polyarthritis with AR criteria after 7 months. Three months later he developed acute ischemia in the right leg, which induced to amputate it. The biopsy showed thrombosis of the femoral arteria, and a dense lymphoplasmocytic infiltrate in its wall. We underline this association (TA-RA) with anticardiolipin antibodies, the exceptional affectation of the femoral arteries in this disease and the probable participation of anticardiolipin antibodies in the genesis of the arterial thrombosis.