Laure Delaval, Maxime Samson, Flora Schein, Christian Agard, Ludovic Tréfond, Alban Deroux, Henry Dupuy, Cyril Garrouste, Pascal Godmer, Cédric Landron, François Maurier, Guillaume le Guenno, Virginie Rieu, Julien Desblache, Cécile-Audrey Durel, Laurence Jousselin-Mahr, Hassan Kassem, Grégory Pugnet, Vivane Queyrel, Laure Swiader, Daniel Blockmans, Karim Sacré, Estibaliz Lazaro, Luc Mouthon, Olivier Aumaître, Pascal Cathébras, Loic Guillevin, Benjamin Terrier
OBJECTIVE: Temporal arteritis (TA) is a typical manifestation of giant cell arteritis (GCA). Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitides (AAVs) are rarely revealed by TA manifestations, leading to a risk of misdiagnosis of GCA and inappropriate treatments. This study was undertaken to describe the clinical, biologic, and histologic presentations and outcomes in cases of TA revealing AAV (TA-AAV) compared to controls with classic GCA. METHODS: In this retrospective case-control study, the characteristics of patients with TA-AAV were compared to those of control subjects with classic GCA...
February 2021: Arthritis & Rheumatology