Temporal arteritis presenting with jaw claudication and normal erythrocyte sedimentation rate.
We have described a case of sudden blindness of the right eye in an 81-year-old white woman with a one-month history of increasingly severe jaw claudication and a normal Westergren sedimentation rate. Isolated jaw claudication in the elderly is of diagnostic importance, and the need for temporal artery biopsy and rapid institution of high-dose steroid therapy to prevent blindness is emphasized.
D000368:Aged; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000209:etiology*; D007568:Jaw; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis; D013699:Temporal Arteries / Q000473:pathology