Author/Authors :
Gohari Moghaddam Katayoun نويسنده , Akhlaghdoust Meisam نويسنده Medical Students Research Committee, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Branch, Tehran, Iran Akhlaghdoust Meisam , Chaichian Shahla نويسنده MD. Associated professor of gynecology fellowship of laparoscopic surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery Research Center , Motamed Mohammad Reza نويسنده MD, Assistant professor of neurology, Department of Neurology, Firoozgar Hospital , Mollahoseini Reza نويسنده Department of Neurosurgery, Firoozgar Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran. Mollahoseini Reza , Ahmad Tahami S. نويسنده Associate Professor of Neurology, Iran University of
Medical Sciences (IUMS), Pars Hospital, Tehran, Iran , Mehrpoor Massod نويسنده Associate Professor of Neurology, Iran University of
Medical Sciences (IUMS), Firoozgar Hospital, Tehran,
Iran , Hassani Valioallah نويسنده Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine,
Rasoul-Akram Medical Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences,
Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
Introduction Temporal arteritis (TA) is a chronic inflammatory
vasculitis involving medium and large arteries, which mostly occurs
after the age of 50 and involves one side of the body. Case Presentation
We present a 40-year-old male patient with simultaneous bilateral
temporal arteritis along with a headache, mild fever, palpation of
temporal arteries and anemia who responded to 1 mg/kg oral daily
prednisone for three months. This patient was referred to the Pars
Hospital in Tehran, Iran on March 2016. Conclusions Temporal arteritis
should be kept in mind as an important curable differential diagnosis,
not only in ages above 50, but also in lower ages and should be
evaluated in both sides.
