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We report a 73-year-old patient with giant cell arteritis who presented with right arm paresis and dysarthria. Vasculitis of the vertebral arteries induced multiple ischemic cerebral lesions in the vertebrobasilar territory, ultimately leading to death despite intensive immunosuppressive therapy. This case illustrates that prompt relief from symptoms of giant cell arteritis upon steroid treatment does not correspond to a remission of the vasculitic process itself. Clinicians should therefore be aware of the possible occult involvement of the vertebral or other major arteries.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | GIANT-CELL ARTERITIS; LOW-DOSE ASPIRIN; BIOPSY FINDINGS; INVOLVEMENT; COMPLICATIONS; temporal arteritis; giant cell arteritis; vertebral arteries; immunosuppression; vasculitis |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Neurologie Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Pathologie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Apr 2021 11:30 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Apr 2021 11:31 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/35386 |
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