Bilateral vertebral artery occlusion without stroke secondary to giant cell arteritis.

We report a case of an 84-year-old male patient with anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy secondary to giant cell arteritis, with bilateral occlusion of the vertebral arteries manifested with nonspecific neurological signs, detected during the ultrasound scan of the cervical arteries. The rarity of this case lies in the reasonably good outcome at the three-month and six-month follow-up and the absence of temporal artery involvement, despite the severe vertebral artery affection with bilateral occlusion. PMID: 31575840 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Acta Reumatologica Portuguesa - September 22, 2019 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Bajko Z, Filep RC, Maier S, Motataianu A, Andone S, Balasa R Tags: Acta Reumatol Port Source Type: research