FEMALE GENITAL-TRACT GIANT-CELL ARTERITIS ASSOCIATED WITH OCCULT TEMPORAL ARTERITIS

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) of the female genital tract has been descri bed as an incidental finding, but associated temporal arteritis (TA) h as been rarely reported. We describe a case of female genital tract GC A associated with occult giant cell TA, which in the absence of crania l symptoms was confirmed by a random temporal artery biopsy. The patie nt remains asymptomatic at 12 month followup after treatment with pred nisolone and azathioprine.