Giant cell arteritis--A cause of pyrexia of unknown origin.
Giant cell arteritis may present atypically with symptoms of malaise, anorexia, weight loss and fever that could lead to diagnostic difficulties. We describe two cases which the prominent initial feature was protracted pyrexia. Clinicians should seriously consider temporal artery biopsy in such cases.
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Department of Medicine, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne.
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D000368:Aged; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000209:etiology*; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013699:Temporal Arteries / Q000473:pathology