Night sweats--presentation of an often forgotten diagnosis.
Night sweats are not uncommon complaints in the elderly and they are readily associated with disorders of catecholamine excess, solid malignancies and tuberculosis. We report night sweats as the presenting feature of giant cell arteritis.
Morris
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Department of Geriatrics, Prince Philip Hospital, Dyfed.
Thomas
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D000368:Aged; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D013546:Sweating / Q000502:physiology*