A case of giant cell arteritis simultaneously diagnosed with chronic subdural hematoma

Yuichiro Otani; Keishi Kanno; Yuka Kikuchi; Takahiro Kametani; Tomoki Kobayashi; Susumu Tazuma

doi:10.1002/ccr3.2559

A case of giant cell arteritis simultaneously diagnosed with chronic subdural hematoma

Clin Case Rep. 2019 Nov 20;7(12):2534-2538. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.2559. eCollection 2019 Dec.

Authors

Yuichiro Otani¹, Keishi Kanno¹, Yuka Kikuchi¹, Takahiro Kametani¹, Tomoki Kobayashi¹, Susumu Tazuma¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of General Internal Medicine Hiroshima University Hospital Hiroshima Japan.

Abstract

Here, we describe a case of giant cell arteritis (GCA) simultaneously diagnosed with chronic subdural hematoma. In this case, head to chest computed tomography angiography was useful for the diagnosis and treatment of GCA.

Keywords: chronic subdural hematoma; computed tomography angiography; giant cell arteritis.

Publication types

Case Reports