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Review
. 2002 May;69(3):316-8.
doi: 10.1016/s1297-319x(02)00399-8.

Cervical radiculopathy as a manifestation of giant cell arteritis

Martin Soubrier  1 , Jean-Jacques Dubost, Anne Tournadre, Didier Deffond, Pierre Clavelou, Jean-Michel Ristori
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Review

Cervical radiculopathy as a manifestation of giant cell arteritis

Martin Soubrier et al. Joint Bone Spine. 2002 May.

Abstract

Radicular involvement in Horton's disease is rare. In all but one of the eight documented cases, C5 nerve roots were affected. We report a new case with C5 involvement. Cervical radiculopathy could be due to arteritis of radicular vessels. Preferential involvement of C5 nerve roots may depend on the vascularization of cervical roots but could be due to the inability to diagnose upper cervical involvement (C1-C3). Outcome is favourable in all cases with corticosteroids.

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