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Case Reports
. 1987 Jun;6(2):270-2.
doi: 10.1007/BF02201034.

Giant cell arteritis precipitated by a diagnostic trial of prednisolone in suspected polymyalgia rheumatica

P A Reilly, P J Maddison
Case Reports

Giant cell arteritis precipitated by a diagnostic trial of prednisolone in suspected polymyalgia rheumatica

P A Reilly et al. Clin Rheumatol. 1987 Jun.

Abstract

A 62-year-old woman developed symptoms of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), but without clinical evidence of concomitant giant cell arteritis (GCA). A single blind, placebo-controlled trial of prednisolone confirmed the diagnosis, but in addition unwittingly exposed clinically silent giant cell arteritis.

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