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New insights into the pathogenesis of giant cell arteritis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is an inflammatory chronic disease occurring exclusively in elderly individuals. Until recently, the disease has been considered a unique disease resulting from the interaction in the walls of susceptible arteries, between an ...
Francesco Ciccia   +110 more
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Diagnostic delay for giant cell arteritis – a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background Giant cell arteritis (GCA), if untreated, can lead to blindness and stroke. The study’s objectives were to (1) determine a new evidence-based benchmark of the extent of diagnostic delay for GCA and (2) examine the role of GCA-specific ...
A Brack   +59 more
core   +2 more sources

Temporal Arteritis

open access: yesJournal of the Chinese Medical Association, 2005
Temporal arteritis, a chronic inflammatory vasculitis involving medium- and large-sized arteries, has rarely been reported in Asia. However, we report 2 cases, in which the patients initially presented with headache. Physical examination disclosed engorged, hard and palpable vessels in the temporal areas.
Chen, Chun-Hsiung   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Increased expression of interleukin-22 in patients with giant cell arteritis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
GCA is characterized by arterial remodelling driven by inflammation. IL-22 is an attractive cytokine which acts at the crosstalk between immune and stromal cells.
Alessandro, Riccardo   +13 more
core   +3 more sources

Giant cell arteritis: A case report and review of literature

open access: yesRadiology Case Reports, 2021
Giant cell arteritis, the most common form of vasculitis in the elderly, is characterized by granulomatous inflammation of arteries, which can lead to serious, life-threatening conditions including aortic aneurysms, ruptures, and dissections as well as ...
Matthew A. Crain, BS   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optimizing the use of temporal artery biopsy: a retrospective study

open access: yesJournal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2023
Background Giant cell arteritis is an inflammatory disease of the large- and medium-sized vessels. It is the most common primary vasculitis, with lifetime incidences of 0.5% and 1% in men and women, respectively.
Etienne Villeneuve   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ulcerative C2 neurocutaneous dysesthesia (trigeminal trophic syndrome in an alternative distribution) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Trigeminal trophic syndrome is an uncommon condition characterized by paresthesia, itch, and self-inflicted wounds following the trigeminal dermatome(s). Similar processes adhering to cervical nerve distributions have been reported, calling into question
Hajar, Tamar   +5 more
core  

The prevalence of giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica in a UK primary care population [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background: To update community-based prevalence values for Polymyalgia Rheumatic (PMR) and Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) using case record review supplemented by population survey and subsequent clinical review.
A Mohammad   +30 more
core   +1 more source

Giant cell arteritis associated with chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection

open access: yesReumatismo, 2013
Giant cell arteritis is an inflammatory vasculopathy that preferentially affects medium-sized and large arteries. A viral cause has been suspected but not confirmed in polymyalgia rheumatica and giant-cell arteritis.
A. Giardina   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

En la arteritis de la temporal: controversias terapéuticas

open access: yesNeurología, 2010
Resumen: Introducción: Aunque la arteritis de células gigantes o temporal representa un 5-10% de las neuropatías ópticas isquémicas y es la arteritis más frecuente en las personas mayores de 60 años, aún no existen pautas de tratamiento establecidas ...
J. Balsalobre Aznar, J. Porta-Etessam
doaj   +1 more source

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