Seventy-one-year-old Carroll Maas of Wadena has lived through her share of pain, including childbirth, but living with the pain caused by temporal arteritis was more than she could bear. Maas, who's ...

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 ...

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Last summer I was diagnosed with temporal arteritis. I was treated with prednisone, which stopped the temporal arteritis. I had many side effects from prednisone and am being treated ...

Aims We present our preliminary experience with the use of ultrasound in aiding the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA). Schmidt et alhave previously described a hypoechoic or ‘halo’ effect ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. DEAR DR. ROACH: My wife went blind in her left eye suddenly last October, ...

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 ...

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 ...

What is Temporal Arteritis / Giant Cell Arteritis? Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) or Temporal Arteritis or Cranial Arteritis is a condition where medium and large arteries especially those supplying the ...

A new study shows that cranial ultrasound has a greater sensitivity than temporal artery biopsy, and a comparable specificity in the diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis. A new study presented for the ...

Dr. Keith Roach writes a medical question-and-answer column weekdays. Dear Dr. Roach: Your recent column featured polymyalgia rheumatica and prednisone. Would you please elaborate on how polymyalgia ...

Q. My husband has been having terrible pain shooting up the side of his left temple, and the vein swells as big as your little finger. The pain comes and goes, but it is becoming unbearable. He has ...

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: For two months, I had jaw pain and severe headaches. I was given a diagnosis of temporomandibular joint syndrome, and tried many different devices to realign my jaw. None worked. I ...