Small bowel infarction in association with giant cell arteritis.

摘要: Giant cell arteritis is not uncommonly found in extracranial arteries postmortem studies of patients with temporal arteritis. Presentation vasculitis involving is, however, unusual. This report describes a case giant presenting and complicated by infarction the small bowel. Following surgical resection infarcted segment bowel commencement steroid therapy, patient now well free symptoms. The literature concerning particular reviewed.