Temporal arteritis presenting with jaw claudication and normal erythrocyte sedimentation rate

We have described a case of sudden blindness of the right eye in an 81-year-old white woman with a one-month history of increasingly severe jaw claudication and a normal Westergren sedimentation rate. Isolated jaw claudication in the elderly is of diagnostic importance, and the need for temporal art...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Southern medical journal (Birmingham, Ala.) Ala.), 1982-08, Vol.75 (8), p.1014-1015
Hauptverfasser:	Nelson, M W, Kunath, A M, Welton, R C, Silverman, T A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Blindness - etiology Blindness - prevention & control Blood Sedimentation Female Giant Cell Arteritis - blood Giant Cell Arteritis - diagnosis Giant Cell Arteritis - pathology Humans Intermittent Claudication - etiology Jaw Pain - diagnosis Temporal Arteries - pathology
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Zusammenfassung:	We have described a case of sudden blindness of the right eye in an 81-year-old white woman with a one-month history of increasingly severe jaw claudication and a normal Westergren sedimentation rate. Isolated jaw claudication in the elderly is of diagnostic importance, and the need for temporal artery biopsy and rapid institution of high-dose steroid therapy to prevent blindness is emphasized.
ISSN:	0038-4348
DOI:	10.1097/00007611-198208000-00025