What is the impact of giant cell arteritis on patients' lives?: a UK qualitative study [PDF]
, 2017 Objectives: Clinical management of giant cell arteritis (GCA) involves balancing the risks and burdens arising from the disease with those arising from treatment, but there is little research on the nature of those burdens. We aimed to explore the impact
Bartlam, R +6 more
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Curry-assisted diagnosis in the rheumatology clinic. [PDF]
, 2015 We report five cases of glucocorticoid-responsive mouth symptoms in polymyalgia rheumatica/giant cell arteritis (GCA); three cases of tongue pain exacerbated by hot/spicy food, a case of scalp pain made worse by eating hot/spicy food and a case of sore ...
Cobine-Davies, M +4 more
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Case Reports in Rheumatology, 2019 Giant cell arteritis, a large vessel vasculitis is characterized by headache, visual impairment, constitutional symptoms, and increased inflammatory markers. Visual involvement in giant cell arteritis ranges from amaurosis fugax to permanent visual loss,
Anne D. D. Joseph +3 more
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High incidence of severe ischaemic complications in patients with giant cell arteritis irrespective of platelet count and size, and platelet inhibition [PDF]
, 2017 Objective. Vision loss and ischaemic stroke are feared complications in GCA. We investigated how platelet count and size and platelet inhibition with ASA relate to ischaemic complications in patients with GCA. Methods.
Berger, C. T. +4 more
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Positron emission tomography assessment of large vessel inflammation in patients with newly diagnosed, biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis: a prospective, case-control study [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: Positron emission tomography (PET) scan is emerging as a promising imaging technique to detect large-vessel inflammation in giant cell arteritis (GCA).
Alba Garibay, Marco Antonio +11 more
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, 2010 A arterite temporal é um vasculite sistémica que afecta vasos de médio e grande calibre, em particular a artéria temporal. Os autores apresentam o caso de um doente observado por ulcerações extensas e dolorosas da região parieto-temporal direita, com ...
Cardoso, J +4 more
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VZV in biopsy-positive and -negative giant cell arteritis: Analysis of 100+ temporal arteries [PDF]
, 2016 Objective: Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection may trigger the inflammatory cascade that characterizes giant cell arteritis (GCA). Methods: Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded GCA-positive temporal artery (TA) biopsies (50 sections/TA) including ...
Boyer, Philip J. +5 more
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Basophil Activation Test for the In Vitro Diagnosis of Tocilizumab Hypersensitivity
Clinical &Experimental Allergy, Volume 56, Issue 5, Page 559-561, May 2026.
Ana Koren +3 more
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A Rare Cause of Pericardial Effusion: Giant Cell Arteritis
Case Reports in Rheumatology, 2014 Giant cell arteritis is a granulomatous vasculitis characterized by medium or large sized vessel involvement. Although extracranial branches of the carotid artery are typically involved, involvement of aorta and its major branches can also be seen ...
Turker Tasliyurt +7 more
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Tongue Necrosis Secondary to Giant Cell Arteritis: A Case Report and Literature Review
Case Reports in Medicine, 2017 Giant cell arteritis is a form of vasculitis involving the medium- and large-sized arteries that chiefly affects older people. Clinical findings are headache, jaw claudication, fever, pain, and thickening of the temporal artery.
Rafael Alex Barbosa de Siqueira Sobrinho +5 more
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