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Case Rep Rheumatol ; 2013: 505686, 2013.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23781375

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This case report concerns the diagnosis of two independent chronic diseases in a patient hospitalized for stroke, myasthenia gravis (MG) and giant cell arteritis (GCA). MG has been found to be associated with several diseases, but there are very few cases documenting its coexistence with GCA. We report the case of a 79-year-old woman initially hospitalized for stroke. Patient's concurrent symptoms of blepharoptosis, dysphagia, and proximal muscle weakness were strongly suggestive of myasthenia gravis. The persistent low-grade fever and elevated inflammatory markers in combination with the visual deterioration that developed also raised the suspicion of GCA. Histological examination confirmed GCA, while muscle acetylcholine receptor antibodies were also present. Even though in medicine one strives to interpret a patient's symptoms with one diagnosis, when one entity cannot fully interpret the clinical and laboratory findings, clinicians must consider the possibility of a second coexisting illness.

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Clin Rheumatol ; 27(1): 125-7, 2008 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17674118

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Ocular involvement in Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS) is infrequent. We describe a case of a 50-year-old woman, with blood eosinophilia, involvement of the respiratory tract, skin, and peripheral nervous system, fulfilling the American College of Rheumatology criteria for CSS, who presented with left foot drop followed by left acute painless visual loss. Central retinal artery occlusion was diagnosed by fundoscopic findings (retinal whitening with a cherry-red spot). CSS was confirmed by sural nerve biopsy. Despite treatment with high-dose corticosteroids, cyclophosphamide, and anticoagulant therapy, visual acuity was not substantially improved. Acute blindness in CSS has been rarely described. Even more rarely, central retinal artery occlusion has been found to be the underlying cause of this infrequent clinical manifestation in CSS.


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Síndrome de Churg-Strauss/complicações , Oclusão da Artéria Retiniana/etiologia , Artéria Retiniana/patologia , Baixa Visão/etiologia , Anticoagulantes/uso terapêutico , Síndrome de Churg-Strauss/tratamento farmacológico , Síndrome de Churg-Strauss/patologia , Ciclofosfamida/uso terapêutico , Quimioterapia Combinada , Feminino , Glucocorticoides/uso terapêutico , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Oftalmoscopia , Oclusão da Artéria Retiniana/tratamento farmacológico , Oclusão da Artéria Retiniana/patologia , Resultado do Tratamento , Baixa Visão/tratamento farmacológico , Baixa Visão/patologia
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