Ischemic stroke and temporal arteritis. About a case

Herein, a case report of late onset ischemic stroke in a patient who had biopsy proven temporal arteritis, related to a relapse of the disease. Recurrences are common in the illness, occurring months, and even years within steroid therapy. Such adverse complications are often wrongly imputed to artherosclerosis and hypertension. Their prevention rest on a close monitoring and an adequate management of the vasculitis.