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Tulay Kansu, MD; James J. Corbett, MD; Peter Savino, MD; Norman J. Schatz, MD

Arch Neurol. 1977;34(10):624-625.

Abstract
• We report two elderly patients with normal erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and biopsy-confirmed giant cell arteritis. Because of the potentially disastrous consequences of undiagnosed giant cell arteritis, early treatment based on clinical diagnostic criteria is urged despite a normal ESR.

Author Affiliations
From the Neuro-Ophthalmology Department (Drs Kansu, Schatz, Corbett, and Savino), Wills Eye Hospital, and the Departments of Neurology (Drs Corbett and Schatz) and Ophthalmology (Dr Savino), Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication March 8, 1977.

Reprint requests to Neuro-Ophthalmology Department, Wills Eye Hospital, 1601 Spring Garden St, Philadelphia, PA 19130 (Dr Savino).

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