Internal Medicine
Online ISSN : 1349-7235
Print ISSN : 0918-2918
ISSN-L : 0918-2918
Giant Cell Arteritis Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis Monitored by Magnetic Resonance Angiography
Seishi HARADAFumihiro MITSUNOBUFumiko KODAMAYasuhiro HOSAKITakashi MIFUNEHirofumi TSUGENOMakoto OKAMOTOMasahiro YAMAMURAHirofumi MAKINGYoshiro TANIZAKI
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1999 年 38 巻 8 号 p. 675-678

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A 57-year-old Japanese woman with well controlled rheumatoid arthritis visited our hospital with a severe bitemporal headache and marked fatigue. Based on the classification criteria by the American College of Rheumatology, she was diagnosed as having giant cell arteritis. Magnetic resonance (MR) angiography was performed, from which stenotic changes in the bilateral superficial temporal arteries were strongly suspected. Corticosteroid therapy was quickly started. The patient followed an uneventful course with no complications. Therapeutic effect was confirmed by MR angiographic findings obtained 4 weeks after the initiation of therapy.
(Internal Medicine 38: 675-678, 1999)

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