TEMPORAL ARTERITIS - A REVIEW AND CASE-HISTORY

Temporal cell arteritis is a systemic vasculitis occurring mainly in t he elderly, Classic symptoms such as headache, jaw claudication, visua l changes, and polymyalgia rheumatica make the diagnosis relatively ea sy. Occult or asymptomatic presentations, however, are often missed or attributed to another cause. It is important for clinicians to be awa re of the diverse presentations of this disease to avoid unnecessary i nvestigations and prevent complications such as visual loss, myocardia l ischemia, cerebrovascular accident, and death. This report presents the case of a patient who was referred with anemia and an elevated ery throcyte sedimentation rate, and who developed a headache during the h ospital admission.