Active giant cell arteritis with cerebral involvement. Findings following four years of corticosteroid therapy.
A patient had continued active giant cell arteritis proved on biopsy four years after the initial diagnosis of temporal arteritis. The patient had had erythrocyte sedimentation rates within the normal range and had been receiving corticosteroids without interruption for four years. Central nervous system symptoms occurred three and four years after the initial diagnosis.
D000368:Aged; D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000150:complications; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013699:Temporal Arteries / Q000473:pathology
D011241:Prednisone