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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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Giant Cell Arteritis With Mesenteric Involvement and Superimposed Functional Gut Syndrome: A Case Report. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
FDG PET‐CT images of giant cell arteritis with mesenteric involvement. ABSTRACT Giant cell arteritis‐associated mesenteric vasculitis is a rare manifestation and often carries significant mortality and morbidity. We present a case of GCA with mesenteric involvement that was at first diagnostically challenging, contributed to by a history of functional ...
Rao B, O'Connor R.
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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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Temporal Arteritis

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association, 2005
Temporal arteritis, a chronic inflammatory vasculitis involving medium- and large-sized arteries, has rarely been reported in Asia. However, we report 2 cases, in which the patients initially presented with headache. Physical examination disclosed engorged, hard and palpable vessels in the temporal areas.
Chen, Chun-Hsiung, Kung, Shih-Ya, Tsai, Ying-Yang, Liao, Hsien-Tzung, Chou, Chung-Tei, Huang, De-Feng   +5 more
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Quantification of Vascular Burden on Cranial Vessel Wall Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Ophthalmic Complications in Giant Cell Arteritis. [PDF]

ACR Open Rheumatol
Objective There is a need for measures of disease severity for giant cell arteritis (GCA), which may enable identification of high‐risk subgroups (eg, ophthalmic complications) and individualized approaches to therapy. We derived a continuous score using data from cranial vessel wall magnetic resonance imaging (VW‐MRI) to quantify vascular burden in ...
Yang DL, Cao Q, Liu F, McWilliams T, Rebello R, Tamhankar MA, Banerjee S, Liang R, Kurtz RM, Baker JF, Amudala N, Fan Z, Song JW, Merkel PA, Morris J, Rhee RL.   +15 more
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Temporal arteritis: A case series from south India and an update of the Indian scenario

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2012
Objective: To study the clinical, pathological and prognostic profile of patients with temporal arteritis in India. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted in a tertiary care center from south India from 2005 to 2010 in the departments of ...
Thomas Mathew, Sushanth Aroor, Anup J Devasia, Anita Mahadevan, Vineeta Shobha, Raghunandan Nadig, Raji Varghese, S K Shankar, G. R. K. Sarma   +8 more
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Optimizing the use of temporal artery biopsy: A retrospective study

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2023
Background Giant cell arteritis is an inflammatory disease of the large- and medium-sized vessels. It is the most common primary vasculitis, with lifetime incidences of 0.5% and 1% in men and women, respectively.
Etienne Villeneuve, Jean-Michel Lacroix, Simon Brisebois   +2 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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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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The diagnostic value of ultrasound examination in temporal arteritis

Acta Medica Lituanica, 2010
Introduction. Temporal arteritis (TA) is usually diagnosed according to clinical criteria, and temporal artery biopsy is considered as a golden standard for the diagnosis.
Jolanta DADONIENĖ, Dalius JATUŽIS, Arvydas LAURINAVIČIUS   +2 more
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