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. 1982 Sep;45(9):841–843. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.45.9.841

Polymyalgia rheumatica with diffuse cerebral disease responding rapidly to steroid therapy.

S Nightingale, G S Venables, D Bates
PMCID: PMC491571  PMID: 7131021

Abstract

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.

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