Cunha R M, Horta A B, Goes M J, Castro A S
Serviço 2. Medicina, Hospital de St. António dos Capuchos, Lisboa.
Acta Med Port. 1993 Feb;6(2):83-5.
The authors present and comment on 18 cases of Giant-cell arteritis observed in an Internal Medicine Department between 1984 and 1991 with emphasis on clinical aspects and diagnostic considerations, on the occult presentation forms and, finally, on two cases with peripheral neuropathy. The clinical manifestations were: headache (78%), general non-specific symptoms (78%), polymyalgia rheumatica (61%), sudden blindness (33%), local temporal signs (28%), jaw pain (24%), articular complaints (17%) and peripheral neuropathy (12%).
作者介绍并评论了1984年至1991年间在内科观察到的18例巨细胞动脉炎病例，重点关注临床方面和诊断考量、隐匿性表现形式，最后是两例伴有周围神经病变的病例。临床表现为：头痛（78%）、一般非特异性症状（78%）、风湿性多肌痛（61%）、突然失明（33%）、局部颞部体征（28%）、颌部疼痛（24%）、关节症状（17%）和周围神经病变（12%）。
