Giant cell arteritis presenting as spinal cord infarction

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2015 Aug:135:54-6. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2015.05.011. Epub 2015 May 21.

Authors

Adrian R Parry-Jones¹, Chinenye Ilozue², Daniel du Plessis², David McKee²

Affiliations

¹ The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford M6 8HD, UK; Greater Manchester Neuroscience Centre, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford M6 8HD, UK. Electronic address: adrian.parry-jones@manchester.ac.uk.
² Greater Manchester Neuroscience Centre, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford M6 8HD, UK.

PMID: 26038276
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2015.05.011

No abstract available

Keywords: Giant cell arteritis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal cord infarction.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Female
Giant Cell Arteritis / complications
Giant Cell Arteritis / diagnosis*
Humans
Infarction / diagnosis*
Infarction / etiology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Spinal Cord / pathology*
Spinal Cord Ischemia / diagnosis*
Spinal Cord Ischemia / etiology
Temporal Arteries / pathology*