Fouad Fayad
Hotel Dieu De France Hospital,
Alfred Naccache Street, Achrafieh, Beirut
Lebanon
Case Report
Successful Treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis with Tocilizumab: Report of 2 Cases with Review of the Literature
Author(s): Ouidade Aitisha and Fouad FayadOuidade Aitisha and Fouad Fayad
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a systemic vasculitis of medium and large vessels. Corticotherapy is the cornerstone treatment, but most patients fail to reach remission or relapse during the weaning of Glucocorticoids (GC). Here we report 2 patients with corticoid dependent GCA, successfully treated with Tocilizumab (TCZ), with a rapid clinical and biological outcome allowing the tapering of GC, and we review the literature of the treatments used in GCA.
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