title: Giant-cell arteritis presenting with ipsilateral hemiplegia and lateral medullary syndrome.
abstract: We describe the clinical and anatomopathological findings in an 85-year-old male presenting with a lateral medullary syndrome and ipsilateral hemiplegia (Opalski's syndrome) due to giant-cell arteritis of the vertebral artery. Other common associated symptoms of the disease were absent, and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate was only of 30 mm/h. This case emphasizes that limited intracranial giant-cell arteritis may present rarely as a stroke.
authors: Department of Neurology, Hospital Clinico y Provincial, Barcelona, Spain.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Collado
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Santamaria
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Ribalta
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Cinta Cid
authors: J D
authors: JD
authors: Cañete
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Tolosa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D014854:Lateral Medullary Syndrome / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male