The sensation of facial swelling in temporal arteritis: a predictor for the development of visual disturbance.
The sensation of facial swelling in temporal arteritis may be an important predictor of the development of visual disturbance. A clinical report of two patients who developed a sensation of puffiness of the face without altered facial appearance, as a presenting symptom of temporal arteritis with visual disturbance is presented. This symptom, though documented previously by us, has not been identified before as a predictor of visual disturbance.
D000368:Aged; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005145:Face / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use
D011239:Prednisolone