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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, Hakan Sivgin, Lutfu Bekar, Safak Sahin, Suheyla Uzun Kaya, Resit Dogan Koseoglu, Faruk Kutluturk, Abdulkerim Yilmaz   +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, Karolina Cayres Alvino de Lima, Helena Carvalho Moura, Mônica Modesto Araújo, Christyanne Maria Rodrigues Barreto de Assis, Pedro Alves da Cruz Gouveia   +5 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., Gilden, Don, Khmeleva, Nelly, Nagel, Maria A., NC DOCKS at East Carolina University, White, Teresa   +5 more
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Horton's Disease. 40 Clinical Cases [PDF]

, 2004
Apresentamos uma casuística de 40 casos de Doença de Horton observados no Serviço de Medicina 2 e na Consulta de Doenças Autoimunes do Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos, entre 1984 e 2002.
Castro, AS, Febra, C, Goes, MJ, Gomes, P, Horta, A, Oliveira, S, Pinheiro, S, Ricardo, A, Rolo, J, Serra, MJ   +9 more
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The impact of 18F-FDG PET on the management of patients with suspected large vessel vasculitis [PDF]

, 2018
Purpose: We aimed to assess the impact of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) on the management of patients with suspected large vessel vasculitis.
Berg, Scott, Blockmans, Daniel, Briel, Matthias, Cid, Maria, Daikeler, Thomas, Fuchs, Martin, Jayne, David, Karageorgaki, Zaharenia, Kötter, Ina, Lamprecht, Peter, Luqmani, Raashid, Müller-Brand, Jan, Ng, Quinn, Prieto-González, Sergio, Raatz, Heike, Rasch, Helmut, Salvarani, Carlo, Tyndall, Alan, Walker, Ulrich, Walter, Martin, Watts, Richard   +20 more
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Giant cell arteritis: a review

Eye and Brain, 2013
Pravin Patil,1 Niral Karia,2 Shaifali Jain,3 Bhaskar Dasgupta1 1Department of Rheumatology, 2Department of Ophthalmology, 3Department of Radiology, Southend University Hospital, Westcliff, Essex, United Kingdom Abstract: Giant cell arteritis is the most ...
Patil P, Karia N, Jain S, Dasgupta B
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Janus Kinase inhibitors in the treatment of large vessel vasculitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Open Medicine
This meta-analysis evaluates Janus Kinase (JAK) inhibitors’ efficacy and safety in large vessel vasculitis (LVV), encompassing Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) and Takayasu’s Arteritis (TAK).
Bai Yang, Wang Zhe, Zhang Chunling
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Giant cell arteritis (temporal arteritis): A report of four cases from north east India

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2008
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a common disease of the geriatric age group in the western world, with a prevalence of 0.2% in the fifty plus age group.
Laldinpuii Judy, Sanchetee Pratap, Borah Adityendra, Ghose Manash, Borah Nomal   +4 more
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Giant cell arteritis: a multicenter observational study in Brazil

Clinics, 2013
OBJECTIVE: To describe demographic features, disease manifestations and therapy in patients with giant cell arteritis from referral centers in Brazil.
Alexandre Wagner Silva de Souza, Karine Yoshiye Kajiyama Okamoto, Fabiano Abrantes, Bruno Schau, Ana Beatriz Santos Bacchiega, Samuel Katsuyuki Shinjo   +5 more
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Which clinical features and lab findings increase the likelihood of temporal arteritis? [PDF]

, 2008
Jaw claudication, diplopia, or a temporal artery abnormality on physical exam increase the likelihood of temporal arteritis. A finding of thrombocytosis in a patient with suspected temporal arteritis moderately increases the likelihood of this diagnosis (
Howard, Ellen, Nusser, John A.
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