RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Polymyalgia rheumatica with diffuse cerebral disease responding rapidly to steroid therapy.
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 841
OP 843
DO 10.1136/jnnp.45.9.841
VO 45
IS 9
A1 S Nightingale
A1 G S Venables
A1 D Bates
YR 1982
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/45/9/841.abstract
AB A 58-year-old woman presented with the classical features of polymyalgia rheumatica. She also had a global dementia; CT scan and EEG showed diffuse cerebral disease. After steroid treatment, the polymyalgia rheumatica and dementia rapidly resolved and the CT scan and EEG became normal. The inter-relationships of the giant cell arteritides are discussed in the light of this report of the association of polymyalgia rheumatica and steroid-responsive diffuse cerebral disease.