An elderly lady with a painful swollen face.
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An elderly lady with a painful swollen face.
Eur J Intern Med. 2008 Jul;19(5):379-80
Authors: Van Landuyt K, Vanderschueren S
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common vasculitis in the elderly. Common presenting symptoms include cranial ischemic complications, constitutional manifestations and polymyalgia rheumatica. Facial and cervical edema is increasingly recognized as an inaugural sign of GCA. We present a case with tender facial and cervical edema as the dominating symptom.
PMID: 18549947 [PubMed - in process] (Source: European Journal of Internal Medicine) MedWorm Sponsored Message: Find out how you can get your message across here by sponsoring this MedWorm news feed.
