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Medical Edge: Challenge of vasculitis may be side effects of ...
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Giant cell arteritis, or temporal arteritis, is a form of vasculitis that typically affects people over 70 years of age, although it can occur in people as ...
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Naomi (Nunan) Burns
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The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of giant cell arteritis.
GG Hunder, DA Bloch, BA Michel, MB Stevens, WP … - Arthritis Rheum, 1990 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Arthritis Rheum. 1990 Aug;33(8):1122-8. The American College of Rheumatology
1990 criteria for the classification of giant cell arteritis. ...

Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant-Cell Arteritis -
C Salvarani, F Cantini, L Boiardi, GG Hunder - New England Journal of Medicine, 2002 - content.nejm.org
Review Article from The New England Journal of Medicine -- Polymyalgia Rheumatica
and Giant-Cell Arteritis. ... Annuloaortic Ectasia and Giant Cell Arteritis. Ann. ...

Large artery involvement in giant cell (temporal) arteritis.
RG Klein, GG Hunder, AW Stanson, SG Sheps - Ann Intern Med, 1975 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
... SG. Of 248 patients with giant cell arteritis, 34 had evidence that the
disease affected the aorta or its major branches. Symptoms ...

Ocular manifestations of giant cell arteritis. -
SS Hayreh, PA Podhajsky, B Zimmerman - Am J Ophthalmol, 1998 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Am J Ophthalmol. 1998 Apr;125(4):509-20. Comment in: Am J Ophthalmol. 1998
Nov;126(5):742-4. Ocular manifestations of giant cell arteritis. ...

Giant cell arteritis: validity and reliability of various diagnostic criteria. -
SS Hayreh, PA Podhajsky, R Raman, B Zimmerman - Am J Ophthalmol, 1997 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
1997 Mar;123(3):285-96. Comment in: Am J Ophthalmol. 1997 Mar;123(3):392-5. Giant
cell arteritis: validity and reliability of various diagnostic criteria. ...

… Incidence of Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection in Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: A Population-Based … -
JM Evans, WM O'Fallon, GG Hunder - Annals of Internal Medicine, 1995 - annals.highwire.org
... Objective: To determine the frequency of aneurysm and dissection of the aorta in
patients with giant cell arteritis and to assess the effects of these events ...

Positron emission tomography in giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica: evidence for … -
D Blockmans, S Stroobants, A Maes, L Mortelmans - The American Journal of Medicine, 2000 - Elsevier
... Brief Observations. Positron emission tomography in giant cell arteritis and
polymyalgia rheumatica: evidence for inflammation of the aortic arch. ...

Tissue Cytokine Patterns in Patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis -
CM Weyand, KC Hicok, GG Hunder, JJ Goronzy - Annals of Internal Medicine, 1994 - annals.highwire.org
... ARTICLE. Tissue Cytokine Patterns in Patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica
and Giant Cell Arteritis. ... Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis. ...

The Incidence of Giant Cell Arteritis in Olmsted County, Minnesota: Apparent Fluctuations in a … -
C Salvarani, SE Gabriel, WM O'Fallon, GG Hunder - Annals of Internal Medicine, 1995 - annals.highwire.org
... The Incidence of Giant Cell Arteritis in Olmsted County, Minnesota: Apparent
Fluctuations in a Cyclic Pattern. ... The cause of giant cell arteritis is unknown. ...

Occult giant cell arteritis: ocular manifestations. -
SS Hayreh, PA Podhajsky, B Zimmerman - Am J Ophthalmol, 1998 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
... Occult giant cell arteritis: ocular manifestations. Hayreh ... RESULTS: Eighteen
(21.2%) of 85 patients had occult giant cell arteritis. There ...

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Giant Cell Ateritis

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is an inflammation of an artery in just about any part of the body. When the artery becomes inflamed, narrowing or sometimes complete blockage of the blood vessel occurs. This narrowing or blockage deprives the surrounding tissues of an adequate amount of blood. If GCA affects the arteries that supply the eyes, blindness can develop suddenly in one or both eyes. On rare occasions strokes may result.

Symptoms

Symptoms of GCA typically include headaches, pain in the jaw or tongue muscles when eating or talking and tenderness of the scalp over the temples.

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Causes and Risk Factors

The cause of this disorder is not known. Because it almost always occurs in people over the age of 50 (the average age of persons with GCA is about 70), it may be related to the aging process. Genetic factors may also be involved. GCA occurs twice as often in women as in men.

Diagnosis

A biopsy of an affected blood vessel (sually the temporal artery) is necessary to confirm GCA.

Treatment

Relieving symptoms and preventing tissue damage are the primary treatment goals with GCA. Prednisone is usually given. Treatment often takes two years or longer.

 
 
 
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