Giant cell arteritis can be associated with T4-lymphocytic alveolitis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 330-333

  Blockmans, D ^a,b   Knockaert, D ^a   Bobbaers, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UZ   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alveolitis; Giant cell arteritis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HELPER CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLITIS; LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS;

AGED; BIOPSY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032813810     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100670050111     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Horton BT, Magath BT, Brown GE. An undescribed form of arteritis of the temporal vessels. Proc Staff Meet Mayo Clin 1932;7:700-1.
2. Paulley JW. Coronary ischaemia and occlusion in giant cell (temporal) arteritis. Acta Med Scand 1980;208:257-63.
3. Evans JM, Bowles CA, Bjornsson J, Mullaly CJ, Hunder GG. Thoracic aortic aneurysm and rupture in giant cell arteritis. Arthritis Rheum 1994;37:1539-47.
4. Elling H, Kristensen IB. Fatal renal failure in polymyalgia rheumatica caused by disseminated giant cell arteritis. Scand J Rheumatol 1972;9:206-8.
5. Andersen T. Arteritis temporalis: a symptom of a generalized vascular disease. Acta Med Scand 1947;128:153-78.
6. Modai J, Robineau M, Duroux P, Reynier Ph, Domart A. Manifestations respiratoires et troubles de la diffusion alvéolocapillaire au cours de la maladie de Horton (à propos d'une observation). J Fr Chir Thorac 1971;25:775-83.
7. Larson TS, Hall S, Hepper NGG, Hunder GG. Respiratory tract symptoms as a clue to giant cell arteritis. Ann Intern Med 1984;101:594-7.
8. Machado EBV, Michet CJ, Ballard DJ, et al. Trends in incidence and clinical presentation of temporal arteritis in Olmsted county, Minnesota, 1950-1985. Arthritis Rheum 1988;31:745-9.
9. Desmet GD, Knockaert DC, Bobbaers H. Temporal arteritis: the silent presentation and delay in diagnosis. J Intern Med 1990;227:237-40.
10. Sendino A, Barbado FJ, Gonzales-Anglada I, Anton E, Lopez-Barea E, Vasquez JJ. Temporal arteritis: a form of systemic panarteritis. Ann Rheum Dis 1992;51:1082-4.
11. Ladanyi M, Fraser RS. Pulmonary involvement in giant cell arteritis. Arch Pathol Lab Med 1987;111:1178-80.
12. Rodat O, Buzelin F, Weber M, et al. Manifestations broncho-pulmonaires de la maladie de Horton. A propos d'une observation. Rev Méd Interne 1983;3:225-30.
13. Diot E, Diot P, Lafargues G, et al. Opacité pulmonaire excavée corticosensible au cours d'une maladie de Horton. Rev Mal Respir 1990;7:65-8.
14. Karam GH, Fulmer JD. Giant cell arteritis presenting as interstitial lung disease. Chest 1982;82:781-4.
15. Deraedt S, Cabane J, Genereau T, Imbert JC. Les manifestations respiratoires spécifiques de la maladie de Horton. Rev Méd Interne 1994;15:813-20.
16. Couprie R, Lhote F, Cohen P, Jarrousse B, Babinet P, Guillevin L. Formes pulmonaires révélatrices de la maladie de Horton. Ann Méd Int 1995;146:125-7.
17. Acritidis NC, Andonopoulos AP, Galanopoulou V, Drosos AA, Constantopoulos SH. Pulmonary function of nonsmoking patients with giant cell arteritis and/ or polymyalgia rheumatica: a controlled study. Clin Rheumatol 1988;7:231-6.
18. Kramer MR, Melzer E, Nesher G, Sonnenblick M. Pulmonary manifestations of temporal arteritis. Eur J Respir Dis 1987;71:430-3.
19. Ehrenfeld M, Izsak E. Pleural effusion as a presenting manifestation of giant cell arteritis. Clin Rheumatol 1996;15:200-3.
20. BAL Cooperative Group Steering Committee. Bronchoalveolar lavage constituents in healthy individuals, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, and selected patient groups. Am Rev Respir Dis 1990;141:S169-S202.
21. Andersson R, Jonsson R, Tarkowski A, et al. T-cell subsets and expression of immunological activation markers in the arterial walls of patients with giant cell arteritis. Ann Rheum Dis 1987;46:915-23.