Extra-cranial giant cell arteritis: a diagnostic challenge

QJM. 2015 Oct;108(10):823-5. doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcv021. Epub 2015 Jan 30.

Authors

L J Tucker¹, K S Mankia², M Magliano³

Affiliations

¹ From the Rheumatology Department, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Mandeville Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP21 8AL and [email protected].
² Rheumatology Department, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Windmill Road, Oxford OX3 7HE, UK.
³ From the Rheumatology Department, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Mandeville Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP21 8AL and.

PMID: 25636344
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcv021

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
C-Reactive Protein / analysis
Female
Giant Cell Arteritis / complications
Giant Cell Arteritis / diagnostic imaging*
Giant Cell Arteritis / drug therapy*
Humans
Methotrexate / administration & dosage
Middle Aged
Platelet Transfusion
Positron-Emission Tomography
Prednisolone / administration & dosage
Thrombocytopenia / therapy*

Substances

C-Reactive Protein
Prednisolone
Methotrexate