Stroke in the Setting of Giant Cell Arteritis: A Case Report
We describe an unusual complication of a common disease: stroke presenting in a man recently diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica. Initial inflammatory markers were misleading. We discuss pitfalls in diagnosis, and approach to management.
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| description | We describe an unusual complication of a common disease: stroke presenting in a man recently diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica. Initial inflammatory markers were misleading. We discuss pitfalls in diagnosis, and approach to management. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-08c4c5ce35a44f828c144667be63c7932025-02-03T06:07:01ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352010-01-01201010.1155/2010/549258549258Stroke in the Setting of Giant Cell Arteritis: A Case ReportS. McDermott0N. Casey1D. J. Robinson2K. M. Tan3Department of Medicine for the Elderly, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, 4 Dublin 4, IrelandDepartment of Medicine for the Elderly, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, 4 Dublin 4, IrelandDepartment of Medicine for the Elderly, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, 4 Dublin 4, IrelandDepartment of Medicine for the Elderly, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, 4 Dublin 4, IrelandWe describe an unusual complication of a common disease: stroke presenting in a man recently diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica. Initial inflammatory markers were misleading. We discuss pitfalls in diagnosis, and approach to management.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/549258 |
| spellingShingle | S. McDermott N. Casey D. J. Robinson K. M. Tan Stroke in the Setting of Giant Cell Arteritis: A Case Report Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Stroke in the Setting of Giant Cell Arteritis: A Case Report |
| title_full | Stroke in the Setting of Giant Cell Arteritis: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Stroke in the Setting of Giant Cell Arteritis: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Stroke in the Setting of Giant Cell Arteritis: A Case Report |
| title_short | Stroke in the Setting of Giant Cell Arteritis: A Case Report |
| title_sort | stroke in the setting of giant cell arteritis a case report |
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