Arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy and nonarteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy are acute optic neuropathies, which have to be differentiated from each other. It was the purpose of ...

Among patients with GCA, those with low vs high CRP levels more often presented with anterior ischemic optic neuropathy and limb claudication.

SHREVEPORT, La. - Giant cell arteritis, also known as temporal arteritis, is a less common condition where people get inflammation of the arteries that go to the head and neck. Symptoms include, head ...

A new point-of-care prediction tool that uses clinical and ultrasonography findings has good accuracy for identifying giant cell arteritis among patients seen in fast-track clinics. Investigators ...

A 78-year-old man was referred for an ultrasound of his right eye to evaluate a small choroidal nevus. He also mentioned almost total loss of vision in his left eye over the past several days. His ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 78-year-old woman with a medical history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diet-controlled type 2 diabetes, ...

An 83-year-old man presented to the New England Eye Center with a 2-week history of decreased vision in both eyes. He felt like letters were “clumping together,” making it difficult to read. He also ...

Giant cell arteritis (GCA), along with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), are autoimmune disorders involving the medium and large arteries which have muscular walls and vasa vasorum in their adventitial ...

Other major complications of GCA include stroke, MI, aortic aneurysm, and visceral organ infarcts due to the occlusion of large arteries. 1,4 While early diagnosis and treatment may decrease the ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My wife went blind in her left eye suddenly last October, and a biopsy showed temporal arteritis. She was started on high-dose prednisone, and after four weeks they lowered the dosage.