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

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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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  1. Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Upper Borough Walls, BA1 1RL, Bath, England

    P. A. Reilly & P. J. Maddison

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Reilly, P.A., Maddison, P.J. Giant cell arteritis precipitated by a diagnostic trial of prednisolone in suspected polymyalgia rheumatica. Clin Rheumatol 6, 270–272 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02201034

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