TY - JOUR A2 - Espinola-Zavaleta, N. A2 - Masotti, L. A2 - Tripepi, G. L. AU - Nayar, Anjeli K. AU - Casciello, Michael AU - Slim, Jennifer N. AU - Slim, Ahmad M. PY - 2013 DA - 2013/02/26 TI - Fatal Aortic Dissection in a Patient with Giant Cell Arteritis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature SP - 590721 VL - 2013 AB - Giant cell arteritis may lead to catastrophic, large-vessel complications from chronic vascular wall inflammation without prompt diagnosis and treatment. We describe a rare case of acute aortic dissection without preceding aneurysm secondary to histologically confirmed giant cell arteritis (GCA) in an 85-year-old female with a four-year history of polymyalgia rheumatica and temporal arteritis diagnosed per biopsy six months prior to presentation. The literature is reviewed and the clinical implications of this case are discussed. SN - 2090-6986 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/590721 DO - 10.1155/2013/590721 JF - Case Reports in Vascular Medicine PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -