We describe the case of a patient with documented temporal arteritis, who presented two years into her course with acute digital ischemia, presumed secondary to small vessel vasculitis. To our knowledge, this complication of temporal arteritis has not been previously reported.
A 65-year-old female presented with constitutional symptoms of fever and weight loss with bilateral adnexal masses on physical examination. Total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy were performed and subsequently revealed giant cell arteritis involving numerous small arteries in the ovaries, fallopian tubes, paraovarian and paratubal soft tissues, myometrium, and cervix….
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