Primary Systemic Al Amyloidosis Presenting as Temporal Arteritis

Temporal arteritis is most common vasculitis in elderly and imitated by miscellaneous disorders. Temporal artery biopsy is the gold standard test in the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA). Hereby, we describe a case of a 67-year-old man who presented initially with temporal arteritis; however,...

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Main Authors: Hakan Emmungil, Melike Kalfa, Burcu Başarık, Hasip Kahraman, Ferhat Tanhan, Banu Yaman, Atiye Öztürk, Zehra Erdemir, Gülşen Kandiloğlu, Vedat İnal, Yasemin Kabasakal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Rheumatology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/549641