Abstract

CASTANEDA BARBAN, Rafael Ángel  and  GUERRA COBIAN, Orlando. Temporal arteritis. A literature review. Rev haban cienc méd [online]. 2013, vol.12, suppl.5, pp.24-32. ISSN 1729-519X.

Introduction: the temporal arteritis is a giant cell arteritis, the most common in the population with more than fifty years, and usually are misdiagnosed. Objectiv: to show novel elements in the diagnosis: clinical feature, histochemical aspects, and imagenology of this arteritis. Material and Methods: reference systems such as MEDLINE, PUBMED, SCIELO and ESBCO were consulted. It was also made a revision of descriptors like temporal arteritis, giant cell arteritis, clinical feature, and images findings. Results: is a most common giant cell arteritis in patients with more than fifty years old, associated usually to immunosenescence, genetics factors and viral infections; the biopsy is a main resource in its diagnosis. Steroids, immunosupresors and monoclonal antibodies have been used in its treatment. Conclusions: the temporal arteritis is a immunomediated giant cell arteritis, aging associated, with varied clinical feature and specifics laboratory parameters, treated with different therapies but the steroids therapy is predominant.

Keywords : temporal arteritis; giant cell arteritis; clinical feature; diagnosis.

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