Giant Cell Arteritis Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis Monitored by Magnetic Resonance Angiography.
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Japanese Society of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine
- Vol. 38 (8) , 675-678
- https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.38.675
Abstract
A 57-year-old Japanese woman with well controlled rheumatoid arthritis visited our hospital with a severe bitemporal headache and marked fatigue. Based on the classification criteria by the American College of Rheumatology, she was diagnosed as having giant cell arteritis. Magnetic resonance (MR) angiography was performed, from which stenotic changes in the bilateral superficial temporal arteries were strongly suspected. Corticosteroid therapy was quickly started. The patient followed an uneventful course with no complications. Therapeutic effect was confirmed by MR angiographic findings obtained 4 weeks after the initiation of therapy.Keywords
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