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    Neurology CP: a case of giant cell arteritis

    • Last Update: 2022-01-23
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    74 years old, female
    .

    Acute deterioration due to dizziness and postural instability for 6 months
    .

    MRI showed acute infarction of the cerebellum and brainstem
    .


    Neurovascular assessment revealed severe vascular damage with multiple stenoses and occlusions along the vertebrobasilar artery (Figure 1)


    Figure 1.
    DWI showing cerebellar infarction (A)
    .


    The left vertebral and basilar arteries were not visualized on TOF MRA (B)


    Figure 1.


    Figure 2.
    Doppler ultrasound of the facial artery shows a hypoechoic halo (Aa) that disappears after treatment (Ab)
    .


    STAb after 11 days of treatment showed intimal thickening and fragmentation of the elastic lamina (Ba, Bb)


    Figure 2.


    Original source:

    Original source:

    Valentina Poretto, Silvio Piffer, Valeria Bignamini, et al.


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