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TEMPORAL ARTERITIS PRESENTING AS A SYMMETRICAL PERIPHERAL POLYARTHRITIS
Author(s) -
SMITH M. D.,
BROOKS P. M.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1983.tb02623.x
Subject(s) - polyarthritis , medicine , arteritis , presentation (obstetrics) , rheumatoid arthritis , peripheral , biopsy , dermatology , arthritis , giant cell arteritis , pathology , vasculitis , radiology , disease , immunology
:An 83 year old female presenting with a symmetrical peripheral polyarthritis resembling rheumatoid arthritis, subsequently developed biopsy‐proven temporal arteritis. This case report draws attention to this uncommon presentation of temporal arteritis and briefly reviews common presenting features of this condition. (Aust NZ J Med 1983; 13: 639–640.)