SEVILLE, Spain — In this Healio Video Perspective, Andrew G. Lee, MD, discusses whether temporal artery ultrasound can be used in place of temporal artery biopsy in the diagnosis of giant cell ...

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Temporal artery ultrasound and EULAR score are reliable means for diagnosing giant cell arteritis, Mercy Bechtold, MD, said during her presentation at Kiawah Eye. Ultrasound and ...

Fifty patients suspected of having giant cell arteritis (GCA) were retrospectively evaluated by using a variety of clinical measures (symptom assessment and inflammatory marker testing), temporal ...

Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) is the most common vasculitis affecting the elderly. Archived formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) temporal artery biopsy (TAB) specimens potentially represent a valuable ...

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 ...

The 1990 classification criteria for GCA were developed by the American College of Rheumatology (ACR). Note that classification criteria are not diagnostic criteria. Rather, they are used in research ...

One of the earliest and best done trials of methotrexate in GCA was in 2002 and enrolled 98 patients, temporal artery biopsy proven (about 80%), who were started on prednisone and methotrexate (15 ...

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Dear Dr. Roach: Your recent column featured polymyalgia rheumatica and prednisone. Would you please elaborate on how polymyalgia rheumatica can be linked to giant cell arteritis, and the consequences ...

THE condition that is called by the English polymyalgia rheumatica and by the French pseudopolyarthrite rhizomélique and has had many synonyms 1 is characterized by pain and stiffness in the muscles ...