Giant cell temporal arteritis associated with overlying basal cell carcinoma: co-incidence or connection?

Giant cell arteritis is a granulomatous vasculitis of large and medium sized arteries manifesting as temporal arteritis and/or polymyalgia rheumatica. The histological assessment of temporal artery biopsies is frequently encountered in anatomical pathology and has important diagnostic consequences i...

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Main Authors: Salem Alowami, Anita Bane, Dina El Demellawy, Etienne Mahe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2012-06-01
Series:Rare Tumors
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Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/rt/article/view/4053