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Myocardial Infarction Due to Giant Cell Arteritis: A Case Report and Literature Review

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2007
Giant cell arteritis occurs mainly in the cranial arteries, especially in the temporal area, and rarely in the coronary arteries. Here, we present a case of coronary artery giant cell arteritis in a 51-year-old woman who complained of atypical chest pain.
Long-Wei Lin, Shoei-Shen Wang, Chia-Tung Shun   +2 more
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A Tale of Diagnostic Delay with Detrimental Consequences: Illustrating the Challenging Nature of Diagnosing Giant Cell Arteritis

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2021
Giant cell arteritis is a medical emergency as severe, irreversible complications may occur if it is not treated in a timely manner. However, in daily practice early diagnosis can be challenging.
Marieke van Nieuwland, Dennis Boumans, Gerben Jan Jacob Plas, Onno Dirk Vijlbrief, Celina Alves   +4 more
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Giant cell arteritis associated with chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection

Reumatismo, 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, A. Rizzo, A. Ferrante, G. Capra, G. Triolo, F. Ciccia   +5 more
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Giant cell arteritis with adventitial pattern in a 51‐year‐old man: A case report

Clinical 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, Nathalie Demeulenaere, Nadine Tavares Ferreira, Aurélia Ciamala, Camélia Rossi, Stefan Rusu, Myriam Remmelink, Frédéric Vandergheynst, Marc Léon   +8 more
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Spontaneous remission of giant cell arteritis: possible association with a preceding acute respiratory infection and seropositivity to Chlamydia pneumoniae antibodies [PDF]

, 2019
2019-02Recent epidemiological or immunopathological studies demonstrate the possible association between giant cell arteritis and infectious agents including Chlamydia pneumoniae.
Iwadate, Tomonobu, Imaizumi, Takahiro, Yamakawa, Taishi, Maekawa, Michitaka, Watanabe, Kenshi, Yamamoto, Rie   +5 more
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Paroxysmal hemicrania as the clinical presentation of giant cell arteritis

Clinics 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
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Takayasu arteritis in childhood: retrospective experience from a tertiary referral centre in the United Kingdom. [PDF]

, 2015
Takayasu arteritis (TA) is an idiopathic large-vessel vasculitis affecting the aorta and its major branches. Although the disease rarely affects children, it does occur, even in infants.
McMahon, AM, Paul A Brogan, Pavla Dolezalova, Giulia Varnier, Despina Eleftheriou, Eleftheriou, D, Varnier, G, Muthana Al-Obaidi, Al-Obaidi, M, Dolezalova, P, Brogan, PA, Anne-Marie McMahon   +11 more
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[Large Vessel Vasculitides: Giant Cell Arteritis and Takayasu Arteritis - Similarities and Differences].

, 2022
Large Vessel Vasculitides: Giant Cell Arteritis and Takayasu Arteritis - Similarities and Differences Abstract. According to the Chapel Hill Consensus Conference Nomenclature of 2012, giant cell arteritis (GCA) and Takayasu arteritis (TAK) belong to the ...
Gloor, Andrea Daniela, Christ, Lisa
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Diagnosis of giant cell arteritis by head-contrast three-dimensional computed tomography angiography: two case reports

Journal 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, Michihiro Ogasawara, Souichiro Nakano, Yuko Matsuki−Muramoto, Masakazu Matsushita, Kenjiro Yamanaka, Ken Yamaji, Naoto Tamura   +7 more
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Optimal management of giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica [PDF]

, 2012
Rodger CharltonCollege of Medicine, Swansea University, Wales, UKAbstract: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) and polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) are clinical diagnoses without "gold standard" serological or histological tests, excluding temporal ...
Rodger Charlton, Charlton R
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