Steroid refractory giant cell arteritis with bilateral vertebral artery occlusion and middle cerebellar peduncle infarction

Steroid refractory giant cell arteritis with bilateral vertebral artery occlusion and middle cerebellar peduncle infarction

Giant cell arteritis is the most common primary systemic vasculitis in adults aged ≥50 years and peaks in the eighth decade of life. Common symptoms include headache, scalp tenderness and jaw claudication. Elevated acute phase reactants (erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein) are pre...

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Main Authors: Sarah Healy, Mark Simpson, William J Kitchen, Anu Jacob, Daniel Crooks, Nitika Rathi, Shubhabrata Biswas, Nicholas Fletcher, Saif Huda, Alakendu Sekhar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 2019-06-01
Series:The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Subjects:
giant cell arteritis
stroke
vasculitis
Online Access:https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/college/journal/steroid-refractory-giant-cell-arteritis-bilateral-vertebral-artery-occlusion-and

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