SAN DIEGO — Imaging techniques are poised to streamline the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis in the United States, after gaining traction elsewhere, according to a speaker at the 2024 Congress ...

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a systemic vasculitis that affects medium-to-large-caliber arteries. Early diagnosis and treatment is essential as involvement of the ophthalmic artery or its ...

Explore causes, symptoms and diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis and Temporal Arteritis including headache, vision loss and jaw pain linked to artery inflammation ...

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) and polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) are linked conditions that occur in the elderly. GCA is a vasculitis of large- and medium-sized vessels causing critical ischemia. It is ...

Giant-cell arteritis is an inflammatory vasculopathy that typically occurs in medium and large arteries with well-developed wall layers and adventitial vasa vasorum. 1 The vascular beds that are ...

Source Reference: Denis G, et al "Diagnostic strategy using color Doppler ultrasound of temporal arteries in patients with high clinical suspicion of giant cell arteritis: a prospective cohort ...

Intracranial GCA appears to be more common than previously thought and is linked to higher rates of stroke and mortality.

MRI scan (magnetic resonance imaging). ... Giant cell arteritis can keep oxygen from getting to your eyes, and this can damage them. You might need to see an eye doctor to check for this.

We randomly assigned patients with new-onset or relapsing giant-cell arteritis, in a 2:1:1 ratio, to receive upadacitinib at a dose of 15 mg or 7.5 mg orally once daily plus a 26-week ...

Other tests being used as surrogate imaging are: ultrasonography, fluorodeoxyglucose ... A patient with long-standing resistant polymyalgia rheumatica that evolved into giant cell arteritis. (A) ...