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

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

Giant cell arteritis is a common form of vasculitis among older adults. Although the diagnosis can be challenging, early recognition and prompt initiation of therapy can lead to rapid relief of ...

Mortality rates among patients with GCA in Spain are similar to that of the general population, with older age and male sex linked to higher mortality.

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, ...

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a chronic systemic vasculitis affecting ... He was treated with prednisolone 40 mg and started TCZ at diagnosis with a marked clinical improvement. Prednisolone was ...

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is characterized by granulomatous inflammation of medium to large sized blood vessels. GCA is the most prevalent vasculitis, occurring in about 10 patients per 100,000 (1).

Methods Medical records of patients diagnosed with GCA in one Medical Centre between 1980–1999 were reviewed for clinical parameters at the time of diagnosis and during the first year of treatment, ...

Differential diagnosis of pain in the face as the presenting complaint ... and lymphocytic infiltration and a giant cell (arrow) in the magnified section (B) Pain localised in the eye, orbit, or ...

Based on the histopathological findings, the diagnosis was ... as necrotizing arteritis. 2 The literature has only one mention of the possibility of this condition manifesting granulomatous ...

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 ...