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01-11-2011 | Short Communication
Reduction in jaw opening: a neglected symptom of giant cell arteritis
Authors:
Markus Kraemer, Alexander Metz, Michèle Herold, Conrad Venker, Peter Berlit
Published in:
Rheumatology International
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Issue 11/2011
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Abstract
Reduction in jaw opening is a neglected symptom of giant cell arteritis (GCA) in clinical practice and in the scientific literature. We describe the case of a 71-year-old woman with GCA who was misdiagnosed as occipital neuritis and craniomandibular dysfunction because of headaches in the occipital region and reduction in jaw opening. The reported case reminds us not to overlook reduction in jaw opening as a symptom to reveal GCA in elderly patients.