Refractory PMR with aortitis: Life-saving treatment with anti-IL6 monoclonal antibody (tocilizumab) and surgical reconstruction of the ascending aorta

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ashraf, Fahd Adeeb Mohamed ^a   Anjum, Shakeel ^a   Hussaini, Abid ^a   Fraser, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; TOCILIZUMAB;

ADULT; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTITIS; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA SURGERY; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FATIGUE; FEVER; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT STIFFNESS; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MYALGIA; NECK PAIN; NIGHT SWEAT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SHOULDER PAIN; TEMPORAL ARTERY; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84880092157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-009523     Document Type: Article

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