Isolated facial palsy and ophthalmoplegia--first symptoms of a cerebral granulomatous vasculitis with giant cells--a diagnostic challenge

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2011 Oct;113(8):686-8. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.04.007. Epub 2011 May 25.

Authors

E Broussalis¹, G Luthringshausen, A B Kunz, M McCoy, S Weiss, M Killer-Oberpfalzer, E Trinka, J Kraus

Affiliation

¹ Paracelsus Medical University, Christian Doppler Klinik, Department of Neurology, Ignaz Harrer Str. 79, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria. e.broussalis@salk.at

PMID: 21616584
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.04.007

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Anti-Inflammatory Agents / administration & dosage
Anti-Inflammatory Agents / adverse effects
Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
Biopsy
Blood Sedimentation
Cyclophosphamide / therapeutic use
Facial Paralysis / drug therapy
Facial Paralysis / etiology*
Facial Paralysis / pathology
Female
Giant Cell Arteritis / complications*
Giant Cell Arteritis / diagnosis
Giant Cell Arteritis / pathology
Humans
Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Meninges / pathology
Methylprednisolone / administration & dosage
Methylprednisolone / adverse effects
Methylprednisolone / therapeutic use
Neurologic Examination
Ophthalmoplegia / drug therapy
Ophthalmoplegia / etiology*
Ophthalmoplegia / pathology
Strabismus / etiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Vasculitis, Central Nervous System / complications*
Vasculitis, Central Nervous System / drug therapy
Vasculitis, Central Nervous System / pathology

Substances

Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Immunosuppressive Agents
Cyclophosphamide
Methylprednisolone