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Giant cell arteritis: early diagnosis is key

Eye and Brain, 2019
Iyza F Baig,1 Alexis R Pascoe,1 Ashwini Kini,2 Andrew G Lee2–9 1McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Houston, TX, USA; 2Department of Ophthalmology, Blanton Eye Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital ...
Baig IF, Pascoe AR, Kini A, Lee AG
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Incidence of biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis (GCA) in South Australia 2014-2020. [PDF]

Front Med (Lausanne), 2023
ObjectiveTo determine the incidence of biopsy proven giant cell arteritis (GCA) in South Australia.MethodsPatients with biopsy-proven GCA were identified from pathology reports of temporal artery biopsies at state-based pathology laboratories, from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020.
Ninan J, Ruediger C, Dyer KA, Dodd T, Black RJ, Lyne S, Shanahan EM, Proudman SM, Lester S, McNeil J, Hill CL.   +10 more
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Acute Stroke due to Vertebral Artery Dissection in Giant Cell Arteritis

Case Reports in Rheumatology, 2021
The diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA) when presenting with atypical features such as stroke is very challenging. Only 0.17% of first-ever strokes are caused by GCA, a life-threatening condition when left untreated. Very few cases have been reported
Marlene Marte Furment, Sandra Antigua Jimenez, Sangeetha Pabolu   +2 more
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Ischemic Complications of Giant-Cell Arteritis

Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases, 2023
Giant-cell arteritis (GCA) is a medium- to large-vessel arteritis predominantly involving the branches of the aorta, occurring in elderly patients. Findings in GCA include symptoms such as headache, jaw claudication, or polymyalgia rheumatica; ischemic ...
Fátima Raad, Vicente Ramos Polledo, Andreu Fernández-Codina, Fernando De La Iglesia Martínez   +3 more
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Giant Cell Arteritis among Fevers of Unknown Origin (FUO): An Atypical Presentation

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2021
Giant cell arteritis (GCA), or Horton’s arteritis, presenting solely as fever is very rare. Usually, it manifests with typical features such as visual problems, headache and jaw claudication, or it can be associated with polymyalgia rheumatica.
Lorenzo Grazioli Gauthier, Natalie Marcoli, Gianluca Vanini, Enos Bernasconi, Dea Degabriel   +4 more
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Carotid Artery Stenosis and Ischemic Strokes in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis

TH Open, 2022
Purpose Ischemic stroke is a relatively rare complication of giant cell arteritis often accompanied by vessel stenosis. Our purpose was to compare the location of internal carotid artery stenosis in GCA patients by performing a literature review ...
Clemens Oerding, Frank Uhlmann, Johannes Wollmann, Ingmar Kaden, Kai Wohlfarth   +4 more
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Clinical Experience With a Multidisciplinary Model of Vascular Ultrasound for the Evaluation for Giant Cell Arteritis

ACR Open Rheumatology, 2021
Objective Vascular ultrasound (VUS) is a first‐line test for giant cell arteritis (GCA) in Europe but has been of limited use in the United States. We report clinical experience with a multidisciplinary model of VUS for the evaluation of GCA at a large ...
Sara K. Tedeschi, Piotr S. Sobiesczyzk, Julia A. Ford, Michael A. DiIorio, William P. Docken   +4 more
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Endovascular treatment of critical lower limb ischemia caused by giant cell arteritis

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques, 2019
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a well-known cause of cranial vasculitis often presenting with headache and jaw claudication. Here we report the case of a woman suffering GCA who presented with critical lower limb ischemia.
Rohan H.P. McLachlan, MD, BMS, Andrew F. Lennox, MBBS, MSc, FRACS, Ramon L. Varcoe, MBBS, MS, FRACS, Shannon D. Thomas, BSc Med Hons, MBBS, FRACS   +3 more
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Pulmonary nodules in a patient with Giant Cell Arteritis

Pulmonology, 2019
Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) is a common systemic vasculitis that involves medium and large arteries, most frequently extracranial branches of the carotid artery.
D. Pinho dos Santos, J.P. Fonseca, V. Romão, J. Capelo, A. Carragoso   +4 more
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Giant cell arteritis: A case report and review of literature

Radiology Case Reports, 2021
Giant cell arteritis, the most common form of vasculitis in the elderly, is characterized by granulomatous inflammation of arteries, which can lead to serious, life-threatening conditions including aortic aneurysms, ruptures, and dissections as well as ...
Matthew A. Crain, BS, Dhairya A. Lakhani, MD, Lana Winkler, MD, Ayodele Adelanwa, MD, Cathy Kim, MD   +4 more
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