Temporal arteritis is one of the most important causes of headache. If it is not reccgnized properly, patients might get serious complications such as blindness or stroke. Hence, early diagnosis and treatment with steroid are critical While
temporal
arteritis is frequently seen in western countries, t seems to be rare in Korea and is not reported in korean literatures except one case report of the giant cell arteritis of the breast(1991).
We report two patients, 66 and 75 years old males, who presented with 3 months history of throbbing headache in temporal regions. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate was accelerated in both cases. Superficial temporal artery was biopsied to reveal
intimalthickening, elastic lamina fragmentation and a mild inflammatory cell infiltration. The patients responded dramatically to steroid therapy.
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