Abstract
Temporal arteritis (TA), Horton’s disease, is vasculitis of unknown etiology involving large blood vessels and external and internal carotid branches. It typically occurs in individuals older than 50 years and is 2–3 times more frequent in women than in men. Polymyalgia rheumatica occurs alone or in combination with temporal arteritis and also affects elderly population.Involvement of the ophthalmic artery, leading to ischemia of the optic nerve with a high risk of irreversible loss of vision is the most feared complocation.Author describe case reports of two older women with temporal arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica. The treatment was successful but the vision impairment was irreversible.
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Macejová, Ž. (2017). Temporal Arteritis and Polymyalgia Rheumatica: An Acute Condition in Rheumatology. In: Rovenský, J., Leeb, B., Štvrtinová, V., Imrich, R. (eds) Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52222-7_15
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