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Stroke in the Setting of Giant Cell Arteritis: A Case Report
We describe an unusual complication of a common disease: stroke presenting in a man recently diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica. Initial inflammatory markers were misleading. We discuss pitfalls in diagnosis, and approach to management.
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2010
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3014822/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21209814 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/549258 |
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| author | McDermott, S. Casey, N. Robinson, D. J. Tan, K. M. |
| author_facet | McDermott, S. Casey, N. Robinson, D. J. Tan, K. M. |
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| description | We describe an unusual complication of a common disease: stroke presenting in a man recently diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica. Initial inflammatory markers were misleading. We discuss pitfalls in diagnosis, and approach to management. |
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| spelling | pubmed-30148222011-01-05 Stroke in the Setting of Giant Cell Arteritis: A Case Report McDermott, S. Casey, N. Robinson, D. J. Tan, K. M. Case Rep Med Case Report We describe an unusual complication of a common disease: stroke presenting in a man recently diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica. Initial inflammatory markers were misleading. We discuss pitfalls in diagnosis, and approach to management. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010 2010-12-15 /pmc/articles/PMC3014822/ /pubmed/21209814 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/549258 Text en Copyright © 2010 S. McDermott et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| spellingShingle | Case Report McDermott, S. Casey, N. Robinson, D. J. Tan, K. M. Stroke in the Setting of Giant Cell Arteritis: A Case Report |
| title | Stroke in the Setting of Giant Cell Arteritis: A Case Report |
| title_full | Stroke in the Setting of Giant Cell Arteritis: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Stroke in the Setting of Giant Cell Arteritis: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Stroke in the Setting of Giant Cell Arteritis: A Case Report |
| title_short | Stroke in the Setting of Giant Cell Arteritis: A Case Report |
| title_sort | stroke in the setting of giant cell arteritis: a case report |
| topic | Case Report |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3014822/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21209814 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/549258 |
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