Mai Kikumoto, Shiro Aoki, Yuji Shiga, Naoto Kinoshita, Tomohisa Nezu, Hiroki Ueno, Koji Arihiro, Hirofumi Maruyama
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) 2021 Apr 15A 65-year-old man presented with a slight headache and transient visual disturbance. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed occlusion of the left internal carotid artery (ICA) and acute brain infarctions in both hemispheres, and a blood examination indicated inflammation. Gadolinium enhancement was observed in the walls of the temporal arteries and ICAs. After we diagnosed giant cell arteritis (GCA) by a temporal artery biopsy, aspirin and corticosteroids were administered. The typical symptoms of GCA, such as jaw claudication and temporal artery tenderness, were absent during the entire clinical course, and the findings of contrast-enhanced MRI contributed to the diagnosis.
Mai Kikumoto, Shiro Aoki, Yuji Shiga, Naoto Kinoshita, Tomohisa Nezu, Hiroki Ueno, Koji Arihiro, Hirofumi Maruyama. Giant Cell Arteritis with Internal Carotid Artery Occlusion in the Absence of Typical Clinical Features. Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan). 2021 Apr 15;60(8):1293-1297
PMID: 33229803
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