RENAL-FAILURE IN GIANT-CELL VASCULITIS

A 59-year-old white woman with temporal arteritis developed progressiv e renal failure. Renal biopsy results showed focal and segmental necro tizing glomerulonephritis; furthermore, giant cells were present In th e destructed vessel walls. Immunosuppressive therapy did not prevent t erminal renal failure. This case shows that renal involvement may be a feature of temporal arteritis. (C) 1998 by the National Kidney Founda tion, Inc.