Eye - Magnetic resonance imaging findings in giant cell arteritis. ... Orbital pseudo-tumor in temporal arteritis revealed by computerized tomography. Clin Exp Rheumatol 1990; 8: 587–589.

In 21 patients being examined for giant cell arteritis, contrast-enhanced MRI showed a diagnostic sensitivity of 88.9% and a specificity of 91.7% when compared with the American College of ...

Giant-cell arteritis is an inflammatory vasculopathy that typically occurs in medium and large arteries with well-developed wall layers and adventitial vasa vasorum. 1 The vascular beds that are ...

Giant cell arteritis, also called temporal arteritis, ... MRI scan (magnetic resonance imaging). Powerful magnets and radio waves are used to make detailed images of your arteries.

Causes of Giant Cell Arteritis (Temporal Arteritis):Giant Cell Arteritis is an autoimmune disorder where the immune system mistakenly attacks healthy blood vessels, leading to inflammation. While ...

All diagnoses of giant cell arteritis made through temporal artery ultrasound were unchanged at 1 month — and at 2 years, for those with available data — in a study published in Annals of ...

Source Reference: Denis G, et al "Diagnostic strategy using color Doppler ultrasound of temporal arteries in patients with high clinical suspicion of giant cell arteritis: a prospective cohort ...

High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging is an emerging diagnostic tool that may prove useful alone or as an adjunct to guide biopsy in challenging cases.4. ... Increased incidence of aortic ...

Visual loss is the most feared complication in temporal arteritis, ... Clinical and imaging observations support this model: [13,14] Almost half of GCA patients complain about PMR symptoms; ...

Temporal-artery biopsy is recommended in all patients who are suspected of having giant-cell arteritis. The inflammatory involvement of affected arteries is often intermittent rather than continuous.

Temporal artery biopsy is the gold standard for diagnosis of GCA and is desirable in all cases. Other tests being used as surrogate imaging are: ultrasonography, fluorodeoxyglucose PET (FDG-PET ...