Age and hypertension are associated with increased risks for cranial ischemic complications in GCA, while anticoagulant therapy may offer protective benefits.

A teenage girl presented to the hospital emergency department with a three-week history of intermittent frontal headache, which was worse in the morning and associated with nausea, vomiting, lethargy, ...

However, vision loss at the time of presentation (n=13), was associated with further decrease in survival, 4.1±4.4 years compared to 8.3±6.8 years in GCA patients with no vision loss (p=0.035). Causes ...

Conclusion: In our real world experience, the opinion of the sonographer (dichotomised) at the time of presentation had very good Sn ... The provisional OMERACT ultrasonography score for giant cell ...

The most important differential diagnosis for older adults with a history of visual loss and headache is giant cell arteritis (GCA).3 However, even with headaches, a bilateral simultaneous ...

The diagnosis of temporal arteritis was confirmed histologically (figure 1 ... and lymphocytic infiltration and a giant cell (arrow) in the magnified section (B) Pain localised in the eye, orbit, or ...

A recent study found that combined tocilizumab and glucocorticoid therapy for at least 6 months did not fully eliminate ...

Patients with predominantly cranial vs isolated extracranial GCA phenotypes present with different patterns of arterial involvement on 18F-FDG PET-CT scans.

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Giant cell arteritis is a systemic vasculitis and careful attention should be given to the examination of the cardiovascular system including performing blood pressure measurements in both arms.

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Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a chronic systemic vasculitis affecting large-sized and medium-sized vessels. Glucocorticoids are currently the mainstay of treatment for GCA and associated large vessel ...