title: Mononeuritis multiplex and occipital infarction complicating giant cell arteritis.
abstract: A 67-year-old lady with giant cell arteritis presented with a normal erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and developed occipital infarction and mononeuritis multiplex shortly after being started on high dose steroids.
authors.affiliation: Southmead General Hospital, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol.
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: McAlindon
authors.forename: I T
authors.initials: IT
authors.lastname: Ferguson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009778:Occipital Lobe; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D011239:Prednisolone; D008775:Methylprednisolone