[Peripheral nerve diseases disclosing Horton's disease (2 cases)].
Peripheral nerves are rarely involved in Horton's disease, and when peripheral neuropathy predominates in the clinical complex it is sometimes a source of diagnostic errors. We report two cases of giant cell arteritis revealed by peripheral neuropathy.
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Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Huriez, Lille.
Gosset
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Bouchez
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Mellin
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Hatron
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Devulder
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D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008475:Median Nerve; D008875:Middle Aged; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use
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Neuropathies périphériques révélatrices d'une maladie de Horton (2 observations).