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Temporal arteritis. [PDF]

Neurol Clin Pract, 2014
Temporal or giant cell arteritis is an inflammation of medium and small extracranial vessels that may result in ocular ischemia, an aortitis followed by aortic dissection and peripheral limb ischemia. It should be considered a medical emergency due to the seriousness of end organ damage, in particular visual symptoms.
Lee AW, Chen C, Cugati S.
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Secondary amyloidosis treated with tocilizumab as a complication of temporal arteritis [PDF]

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Background: Temporal arteritis is a large-vessel vasculitis mostly seen in the elderly. Amyloidosis may be secondary to a chronic inflammation of body organs.
Maysoun Kudsi, Ghina Haidar, Dani Abouharb, Lana Abouharb   +3 more
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Monckeberg’s Calcification as a Clinical Mimicker of Temporal Arteritis: A Case Report [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023
Temporal arteritis usually presents in patients above 50 years and is characterised by granulomatous inflammation in all layers of the arterial wall. On the other hand, Monckeberg medial calcification is a disease condition limited to the tunica media of
Reeta Mohan, MANJIRI DILIP PHANSALKAR, Ramesh Kannan   +2 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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Infiltrated papules on the trunk and headaches: A case of actinic granuloma and a review of the literature

International Journal of Women's Dermatology, 2015
Actinic granuloma is a rare granulomatous reaction that is more commonly seen in females and thought to occur as an autoimmune response to actinic damage of elastic tissue. We discuss a case of a patient with actinic granuloma presenting with concomitant
Sonal A. Parikh, BS, Syril Keena T. Que, MD, William D. Holmes, MD, Katalin Ferenczi, MD, Jane M. Grant-Kels, MD, Marti Jill Rothe, MD   +5 more
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Giant cell temporal arteritis associated with overlying basal cell carcinoma: co-incidence or connection?

Rare Tumors, 2012
Giant cell arteritis is a granulomatous vasculitis of large and medium sized arteries manifesting as temporal arteritis and/or polymyalgia rheumatica.
Salem Alowami, Anita Bane, Dina El Demellawy, Etienne Mahe   +3 more
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Stroke and temporal arteritis: A study of 6 cases

Neurología (English Edition), 2020
Introduction: Though uncommon, ischaemic stroke due to temporal arteritis carries serious difficulties for diagnosis and subsequent management and requires a high level of suspicion. Methods: We analysed a series of 6 patients with biopsy-proven temporal
A. Lago, J.I. Tembl, G. Fortea, L. Morales, C. Nieves, M. Campins, F. Aparici   +6 more
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Scleritis and temporal arteritis [PDF]

Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1976
Summary Thirty consecutive patients with severe scleritis or episcleritis were admitted as in-patients to the Medical Ophthalmology Unit and assessed for systemic disease. There were seventeen women and thirteen men. The mean age was 53 with a median of 57 (range 23-83).
R G, Long, A I, Friedmann, D G, James
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Synthesis of new derivatives of 9-aryl-3-ethoxycarbonylmethyl-2,4,5(9H)-trioxo- 7,8-dihydroimidazo[1,2-a][1,3,5]triazepine

Current Issues in Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, 2012
The pathophysiology of giant cell arteritis (temporal arteritis) is not fully understood. The disease frequently presents itself with nonspecific complaints like headache, low-grade fever of the unknown origin.
Marzena Rzadkowska, Elzbieta Szacon, Dariusz Matosiuk   +2 more
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Arteritis temporal e ictus: análisis de 6 casos

Neurología, 2020
Resumen: Introducción: Aunque la asociación de arteritis de la temporal e ictus isquémico no es frecuente, su diagnóstico y su manejo posterior plantean serias dificultades, requiriendo un alto índice de sospecha.
A. Lago, J.I. Tembl, G. Fortea, L. Morales, C. Nieves, M. Campins, F. Aparici   +6 more
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