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Case Reports
. 1994 Apr;70(822):298-9.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.70.822.298.

Giant cell arteritis presenting as oculomotor nerve palsy with pupillary dilatation

G E Davies  1 , R A Shakir
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Giant cell arteritis presenting as oculomotor nerve palsy with pupillary dilatation

G E Davies et al. Postgrad Med J. 1994 Apr.

Abstract

Acute complete oculomotor palsy with headache is a classical presentation of an extrinsic compression most commonly due to a posterior communicating artery aneurysm. We present a patient with such a presentation but with histologically proven giant cell arteritis. This possibility should be considered especially in the elderly to avoid complications and the need for angiography.

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