title: Giant cell arteritis associated with rheumatoid arthritis monitored by magnetic resonance angiography.
abstract: A 57-year-old Japanese woman with well controlled rheumatoid arthritis visited our hospital with a severe bitemporal headache and marked fatigue. Based on the classification criteria by the American College of Rheumatology, she was diagnosed as having giant cell arteritis. Magnetic resonance (MR) angiography was performed, from which stenotic changes in the bilateral superficial temporal arteries were strongly suspected. Corticosteroid therapy was quickly started. The patient followed an uneventful course with no complications. Therapeutic effect was confirmed by MR angiographic findings obtained 4 weeks after the initiation of therapy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medicine, Misasa Medical Branch, Okayama University Medical School, Tottori.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mitsunobu
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kodama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hosaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mifune
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsugeno
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamamura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Makino
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanizaki
mesh_terms: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000150:complications*; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011859:Radiography; D012460:Sulfasalazine; D013699:Temporal Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D012460:Sulfasalazine; D011239:Prednisolone