Secondary amyloidosis treated with tocilizumab as a complication of temporal arteritis
Amyloidosis is manifested by the deposition of insoluble protein aggregates in organs.Amyloid A (AA) amyloidosis occurs as a complication of chronic inflammation in patients with a genetic predisposition to rheumatic diseases.Temporal arteritis complicated with AA amyloidosis is extremely rare.
Authors
- Maysoun Kudsi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2743-0724)
- Ghina Haidar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8454-8791)
- Dani Abouharb
- Lana Abouharb
Institutions
- Université Paris Cité (FR)
- Sorbonne Paris Cité (FR)
- Damascus University (SY)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
- Published
- 2024-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12890/2024_004895
- Primary Topic
- Vasculitis and related conditions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00