Polymyalgia rheumatica with diffuse cerebral disease responding rapidly to steroid therapy.
A 58-year-old woman presented with the classical features of polymyalgia rheumatica. She also had a global dementia; CT scan and EEG showed diffuse cerebral disease. After steroid treatment, the polymyalgia rheumatica and dementia rapidly resolved and the CT scan and EEG became normal. The inter-relationships of the giant cell arteritides are discussed in the light of this report of the association of polymyalgia rheumatica and steroid-responsive diffuse cerebral disease.
D000368:Aged; D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D003704:Dementia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002549:Diffuse Cerebral Sclerosis of Schilder / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D011111:Polymyalgia Rheumatica / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D011241:Prednisone