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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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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

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

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

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

Ectopic expression of CXCL13, BAFF, APRIL and LT-ß is associated with artery tertiary lymphoid organs in giant cell arteritis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Objectives To investigate whether artery tertiary lymphoid organs (ATLOs) are present in giant cell arteritis (GCA) and that their formation is associated with the ectopic expression of constitutive lymphoid tissue-homing chemokines.
ALESSANDRO, Riccardo   +11 more
core   +1 more source

The diagnostic value of ultrasound examination in temporal arteritis

open access: yesActa Medica Lituanica, 2010
Introduction. Temporal arteritis (TA) is usually diagnosed according to clinical criteria, and temporal artery biopsy is considered as a golden standard for the diagnosis.
Jolanta DADONIENĖ   +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  

Insights into Imaging of Aortitis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background: Aortitis is a subtype of the more general term “vasculitis”, an inflammatory condition of infectious or noninfectious origin involving the vessel wall.
Bankier, Alexander   +2 more
core   +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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