Temporal arteritis presenting as an extrapyramidal disorder.
A case of temporal arteritis presenting with extrapyramidal symptoms (tremor, rigidity and extrapyramidal hypertonus) unresponsive to conventional treatment is here described. The onset of headache and laboratory abnormalities suggestive of temporal arteritis prompted a temporal artery biopsy which confirmed the diagnosis; the administration of corticosteroids led to the resolution of all symptoms.
Santambrogio
L
L
Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Perugia Medical School, Italy.
Bellomo
G
G
Mercuri
M
M
Alagia
G
G
Ciuffetti
G
G
D000368:Aged; D001167:Arteritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D002539:Cerebral Arterial Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007980:Levodopa / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use
D007980:Levodopa; D011241:Prednisone