Coincident relapsing polychondritis and IgG4-related disease: a diagnostic challenge.

Relapsing polychondritis (RP) and immunoglobulin G4–related disease (IgG4-RD) are rare multi-organ immune-mediated diseases. Both can present with nonspecific symptoms of fatigue, weight loss, arthralgia, raised inflammatory markers, or chronic anemia, and diagnostic delay is common. Early recognition and diagnosis are important to minimize morbidity and risk of incapacity as both diseases have a potentially good treatment response

Visual loss in giant cell arteritis 3 weeks after steroid initiation.

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common vasculitis in adults and blindness is a common complication if left untreated. Oral glucocorticoids are the mainstay of treatment and if started promptly, loss of vision can usually be prevented. We present the case of a 77-year-old man who developed irreversible bilateral blindness after a confirmed diagnosis of GCA and oral steroid treatment. The roles of diagnostic delay, steroid dosing, significance of visual symptoms at diagnosis and after commencing oral glucocorticoids, and interpretation of ophthalmological signs are reviewed

Visual loss in giant cell arteritis 3 weeks after steroid initiation.

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common vasculitis in adults and blindness is a common complication if left untreated. Oral glucocorticoids are the mainstay of treatment and if started promptly, loss of vision can usually be prevented. We present the case of a 77-year-old man who developed irreversible bilateral blindness after a confirmed diagnosis of GCA and oral steroid treatment. The roles of diagnostic delay, steroid dosing, significance of visual symptoms at diagnosis and after commencing oral glucocorticoids, and interpretation of ophthalmological signs are reviewed

Acute Paraparesis after Epidural Corticosteroid Injection Revealing Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistula in a HIV Patient

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Cardiac decompensation revealing giant cell arteritis.

Cardiac decompensation revealing giant cell arteritis