Artérite à cellules géantes à localisation gynécologique. Présentation de 2 cas [Giant cell arteritis affecting the female genital tract. 2 case reports].

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_8CFEA48A99A6
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Case report (case report): feedback on an observation with a short commentary.
Collection
Publications
Title
Artérite à cellules géantes à localisation gynécologique. Présentation de 2 cas [Giant cell arteritis affecting the female genital tract. 2 case reports].
Journal
Journal De Gynécologie, Obstétrique et Biologie De La Reproduction
Author(s)
Gloor E., Schaller M.D., Dubuis P.Y.
ISSN
0368-2315 (Print)
ISSN-L
0150-9918
Publication state
Published
Issued date
1982
Volume
11
Number
7
Pages
785-788
Language
french
Notes
Publication types: Case Reports
Abstract
Localisation of giant cell arteritis in the female genital organs is very rarely found in sections removed at operation, although this kind of arteritis is a systemic condition. This article reports two new cases to add to the seven cases that have already been reported in the literature. The first case was that of a woman of 78 year of age who was investigated because she had fever, dyspnoea, pains in her chest, pronounced debility and loss of weight. A salpingo-oophorectomy was carried out because she had a parovarian cyst which proved to be benign. Unexpectedly however histological examination revealed that she had giant cell arteritis in the ovary and in the tube, and this diagnosis explained the clinical picture. The second case was that of a 75 years old woman treated intermittently over two years with Prednisone for vague arthralgia. When she had had a sub-total hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy because of fibroids the organs were removed in order to improve her urinary incontinence and the giant cell arteritis was discovered histologically in the uterus, the ovaries and the tubes. In this second case the unexpected diagnosis clarified the clinical picture.
Keywords
Aged, Fallopian Tubes/blood supply, Female, Genitalia, Female/blood supply, Giant Cell Arteritis/complications, Giant Cell Arteritis/diagnosis, Humans, Ovary/blood supply, Uterus/blood supply
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