Combined medical, surgical and endovascular treatment of a giant cell arteritis case manifesting as upper limbs acute ischemia

International Journal of Surgery Case Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 71-73

  De Franciscis, Stefano ^a   Roscitano, Giuseppe ^b   Serra, Raffaele ^a   Buffone, Gianluca ^a   Cotroneo, Attilio ^b   De Franciscis, Andrea ^a,d   Mastrangelo, Diego ^a   Spinelli, Francesco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b Sant'Anna Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d Campus Universitariodi Germaneto   (Italy)

Author keywords

Giant cell arteritis, Acute ischemia, Endovascular and surgical treatment; Methotrexate, Cyclophosphamide, Prednisone

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; PROCOLLAGEN TYPE 3 AMINOPROPEPTIDE;

AGED; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERITIS; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CLAUDICATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LIMB PAIN; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHOPLASMACYTIC PANARTERITIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULSE RATE; RELAPSE; REST; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; STEROID THERAPY; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; TISSUE NECROSIS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 79953649895     PISSN: 22102612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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