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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 +2 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 +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 +8 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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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 +4 more
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Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2011 Permanent, severe loss of vision is a feared complication; however, it is not the sole possible devastating outcome of giant cell arteritis. Myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke and limb gangrene may also occur.
Michel J, Belliveau, Martin W, Ten Hove
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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 +5 more
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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 +7 more
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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 +11 more
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