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Invasive Aspergillosis:A Complication of Treatment of Temporal Arteritis J Neuro-Ophthalmol 15:36-38, Wiggins,R.E., 1995 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract Temporal arteritis is a systemic necrotizing vasculitis for which the only effective treatment is systemic corticosteroids.A review of the literature suggests that there is a significant mortality rate in untreated patients but that those patients who receive adequate corticosteroid treatment rarely experience a reduced life expectancy.I had the opportunity to evaluate a patient with temporal arteritis who eventually died from disseminated aspergillosis 6 weeks after beginning corticosteroid treatment.A high index of suspicion for infections with opportunistic organisms should be maintained in patients with temporal arteritis receiving corticosteroids.

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