Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common form of ... Prompt initiation of corticosteroids may prevent visual loss in affected individuals. Temporal artery biopsy remains the gold standard ...
Patients with predominantly cranial vs isolated extracranial GCA phenotypes present with different patterns of arterial involvement on 18F-FDG PET-CT scans.
The microscopical appearances are those of a granulomatous or giant-cell aortitis or mesaortitis, usually found in association with a temporal or cranial arteritis, 9,10 and closely corresponding ...
The most dramatic symptoms of GCA (for example, visual loss) result directly ... or rarely over the orbits. Giant cell arteritis is a systemic vasculitis and careful attention should be given ...