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Giant cell arteritis with adventitial pattern in a 51‐year‐old man: A case report

open access: yesClinical Case Reports, 2023
Clinical presentation as well as histological or biological findings can sometimes make the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis difficult. Histopathological features of temporal artery biopsy from giant cell arteritis patients are also challenging because ...
Abeline Kapuczinski   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Audio-vestibular symptoms in systemic autoimmune diseases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Immune-mediated inner ear disease can be primary, when the autoimmune response is against the inner ear, or secondary. The latter is characterized by the involvement of the ear in the presence of systemic autoimmune conditions. Sensorineural hearing loss
Adelchi, Croce   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Relapse of polymyalgia rheumatica following adjuvanted influenza vaccine: A case-based review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is the most common inflammatory rheumatological condition affecting individuals aged >50 years. There have been rare reports of PMR and other vasculitides developing within 3 months of influenza vaccination.
Bassendine, Margaret F., Bridge, Simon
core   +1 more source

Assessment of acute headache in adults - what the general physician needs to know. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Headache is common. Up to 5% of attendances to emergency departments and acute medical units are due to headache. Headache is classified as either primary (eg migraine, cluster headache) or secondary to another cause (eg meningitis, subarachnoid ...
Agrawal   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Paroxysmal hemicrania as the clinical presentation of giant cell arteritis

open access: yesClinics and Practice, 2011
Head pain is the most common complaint in patients with giant cell arteritis but the headache has no distinct diagnostic features. There have been no published reports of giant cell arteritis presenting as a trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia.
Jennifer L. Beams, Todd D. Rozen
doaj   +1 more source

ICAM G241A polymorphism and soluble ICAM-1 serum levels: Evidence for an active immune process in schizophrenia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Objectives: We have previously reported reduced serum levels of soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1) in schizophrenic patients. A single-nucleotide polymorphism ( SNP) of the ICAM-1 gene was described at position 241.
Ackenheil, Manfred   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Clinical features of varicella-zoster virus infection [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is a pathogenic human herpes virus that causes varicella (chickenpox) as a primary infection, following which it becomes latent in peripheral ganglia.
Gershon, Anne A., Kennedy, Peter G.E.
core   +1 more source

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
core   +3 more sources

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

Diagnosis of giant cell arteritis by head-contrast three-dimensional computed tomography angiography: two case reports

open access: yesJournal of Medical Case Reports, 2019
Introduction Temporal artery biopsy is essential for the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis. It has been shown that 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography, magnetic resonance angiography, and ultrasonography are useful for
Toshio Kawamoto   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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