Giant cell arteritis of the cervical radicular vessels presenting with diaphragmatic weakness
| Autor: | J B Winer, Edward A. Burton, P C Barber |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Neuromuscular disease Nerve root Diaphragm Giant Cell Arteritis Short Report Physical examination Disease Lower motor neuron Cervical radiculopathy Fatal Outcome immune system diseases Correspondence Medicine Humans cardiovascular diseases Diaphragmatic weakness Peripheral Nerves skin and connective tissue diseases Aged Muscle Weakness medicine.diagnostic_test Vascular disease business.industry Muscle weakness Arteries Motor neuron medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Giant cell arteritis medicine.anatomical_structure Spinal Cord cardiovascular system Blood Vessels Surgery Neurology (clinical) Differential diagnosis medicine.symptom Vasculitis business Spinal Nerve Roots Neck |
| Zdroj: | Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry. 67(2) |
| ISSN: | 0022-3050 |
| Popis: | We were interested to read the paper by Burton et al reporting the association between giant cell arteritis and cervical radiculopathy. The evidence for giant cell arteritis seems incontrovertible, but the possibility remains that this patient might have had motor neuron disease coexisting with giant cell arteritis. Details of the clinical examination, investigations, and pathology point to this possibility. Furthermore, the neuropathological report does not include immunocytochemical studies that would be necessary to exclude the diagnosis of motor neuron disease. The clinical picture is one of a lower motor neuron syndrome affecting all four limbs … Dr J Winer |
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