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Case Report: Granulomatous Liver Disease and Giant-Cell Arteritis

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Giant-cell arteritis (GCA) is a vasculiticcondition presenting mainly in the elderly. Its effectsrange from symptoms referable to the locally effectedlarge and medium-sized arteries to a multisystem disease process. Abnormalities of liverassociated chemistry have been described, particularlyelevation in the serum alkaline phosphatase (1-5).Reports of granulomata occur but these are rare (6-10). We report a further case of granulomatous liverdisease in a patient who presented with anemia andraised serum alkaline phosphatase in whom a diagnosis ofgiant-cell arteritis was subsequentlyconfirmed.

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Heneghan, M.A., Feeley, K.M., Defaoite, N. et al. Case Report: Granulomatous Liver Disease and Giant-Cell Arteritis. Dig Dis Sci 43, 2164–2167 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018892122026

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