It has been alternatively called cranial arteritis or temporal arteritis, reflecting the most commonly affected vessels. However, this terminology minimizes the systemic nature of this vasculitis ...
Patients with predominantly cranial vs isolated extracranial GCA phenotypes present with different patterns of arterial involvement on 18F-FDG PET-CT scans.
The most specific finding is tender or thickened temporal arteries with decreased ... or rarely over the orbits. Giant cell arteritis is a systemic vasculitis and careful attention should be ...