title: Insidious posterior circulation stroke with rapid deterioration due to vertebral giant cell arteritis.
abstract: We report a patient with a posterior circulation stroke that presented insidiously, progressed rapidly and had an unusual aetiology of vertebral giant cell arteritis that was not recognised in a timely fashion. General awareness of this cause might alert clinicians to consider the diagnosis in similar cases, as prompt intervention may improve outcomes.
authors.affiliation: SpR, Care of Elderly, University Hospitals of North Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent, West Midlands, UK. anilkumaruk@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Domnick D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Costa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001775:Blood Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D018450:Disease Progression; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000503:physiopathology*