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ArticleBMJ case reports2023

Temporal arteritis presenting with facial swelling and a negative temporal artery biopsy.

Natalie Si-Yi Lee, Tim Y Lu, Alexandra Allende, Ian C Francis

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Natalie Si-Yi LeeFaculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9507-6379
Tim Y LuFaculty of Medicine, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Alexandra AllendeDepartment of Pathology, Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Ian C FrancisFaculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia iancfrancis@gmail.com.

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Abstract

A man in his 60s presented to the emergency department with marked bilateral preauricular swelling, associated with jaw claudication, temporal tenderness and blurred vision. He was immediately treated for temporal arteritis by commencing systemic corticosteroids. A temporal artery biopsy showed no evidence of vasculitis. However, positron emission tomography-CT demonstrated increased uptake in the medium-large vessels, including the left superficial temporal artery and aorta. This case illustrates that facial swelling may be an under-recognised presenting feature of temporal arteritis, and that a negative temporal artery biopsy does not always rule out a diagnosis of temporal arteritis, and should not delay treatment.

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AngioedemaGiant Cell ArteritisBiopsyHumansMaleTemporal ArteriesTomography, X-Ray ComputedOphthalmologyPathologyVasculitis

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PMID37723086
PMCPMC10510902

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