TY - JOUR T1 - Panaortitis heralding giant cell temporal arteritis JF - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr.11.2009.2430 VL - 2010 SP - bcr1120092430 AU - Brigitte Granel AU - Pascal Rossi AU - Sandrine Marciano AU - Fanny Bernard AU - Karim Aissi AU - Yves Frances Y1 - 2010/01/01 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2010/bcr.11.2009.2430.abstract N2 - Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a vasculitis involving branches of the external carotid artery, but also large vessels.1 We present the case of a panaortitis leading to the diagnosis of GCA. A 54-year-old woman, a smoker with an otherwise unremarkable medical history, was admitted for fever of unknown origin for 3 months duration, associated with asthenia, weight … ER -