title: [Acute diplopia after the age of 50; always look for giant cell arteritis].
abstract: Although giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a rare cause of ophthalmoplegia, swift diagnosis and treatment are necessary to avoid other complications. We report here a case of GCA in a 59-year-old woman with a history of hypertension and thyroid lobectomy. Diagnosis resulted from binocular diplopia, although classical GCA symptoms had been present a few days before. Oral corticotherapy led to a rapid disappearance of headaches and normal ocular motility in 1 month. We discuss the ophthalmological signs of the disease and the place of temporal artery biopsy and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Service d'ophtalmologie, CHU de Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier cedex 5. vdaien@hotmail.fr
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Daïen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rivière
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Konaté
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Arnaud
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Villain
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schneider
mesh_terms: D004172:Diplopia / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged