28 дек. 2021 г. · Her symptoms are associated with pain with chewing and proximal muscle morning stiffness. On physical exam, she has decreased visual acuity of ...

Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), or Horton's Arteritis, is a chronic form of vasculitis of the large and medium vessels, especially involving the extracranial ...

18 авг. 2019 г. · Type. Pathology. Presentation ; Giant cell temporal arteritis. Intimal thickening. Medial granulomatous inflammation leading to elastic lamina ...

She takes 7.5 mg of prednisone per day for giant-cell arteritis. Occipital tenderness and diplopia developed 11 months before presentation. At that time, her ...

Giant cell arteritis may manifest as visual loss or diplopia, abnormalities of the temporal artery such as tenderness or decreased pulsation, jaw claudication, ...

17 янв. 2024 г. · Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a type of autoimmune vasculitis that causes chronic inflammation of large and medium-sized arteries.

Giant cell arteritis, along with Takayasu's arteritis, is a large vessel vasculitis. Histologically, both are classified by granulomatous inflammation.

Criteria for the classification of giant cell (temporal) arteritis were developed by comparing 214 patients who had this disease with 593 patients with other ...

Giant cell temporal arteritis presents with jaw claudication, headaches, and an elevated ESR on lab work. If untreated, it can acutely progress to blindness.

12 нояб. 2022 г. · Temporal arteritis (also called giant cell arteritis) is caused by inflammation damaging large to medium sized arteritis including the ...