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Temporal (Giant cell) Arteritis 
Risk Factors:
 • Age (almost never occurs before age 50) 
Clinical:
 •
Temporal (Giant cell) Arteritis ... Constitutional symptoms ... Temporal #GiantCell #Arteritis
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Clinical findings and Complications
Signs/Symptoms: 
 - Headache (usually constant, superimposed by waves
Cell (Temporal) Arteritis ... Complications Signs/Symptoms ... Stroke or TIA-like symptoms ... GiantCell #Temporal #Arteritis ... Complications #Signs #Symptoms
Highlighted Conditions With Arteritis or Periarteritis of the Coronaries
Takayasu's arteritis:
 - Onset < 40 yrs
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Conditions With Arteritis ... Coronaries Takayasu's arteritis ... BP Giant cell arteritis ... yrs - Cranial symptoms ... CoronaryArtery #Coronaries #Arteritis
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Pathogenesis and investigations
Risk Factors:
 - Unclear environmental triggers (may be viral, not
Cell (Temporal) Arteritis ... old; F>M Signs/Symptoms ... GiantCell #Temporal #Arteritis ... Diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms
Clinical Disease Characteristics and Suggested Algorithm for Diagnostic Evaluation of Patients With Symptoms of Polymyalgia Rheumatica

#Diagnosis
Patients With Symptoms ... GiantCell #Temporal #Arteritis
Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
hypertension) - Symptoms ... diseases: Giant cell arteritis ... , Takayasu arteritis
Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) - Vasculitis Management Algorithm - ACR/VF 2021 Guidelines
 • Visual Symptoms/Loss or
Giant Cell Arteritis ... Guidelines • Visual Symptoms ... Without Visual Symptoms ... MithuRheum #GiantCell #Arteritis
Headache Syndromes 
Sudden onset of pain - "Thunder clap" with any decreased mentation, any positive focal
with stroke-like symptoms ... Tender temporal arteries ... • Temporal arteritis ... tearing • Temporal arteritis ... Syndromes #diagnosis #symptoms
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
of giant cell arteritis ... posterior ciliary arteries ... 2) Typical symptoms ... • Cephalic symptoms ... Constitutional symptoms
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
• Psoriatic arthritis ... • Rheumatoid Arthritis ... should have other symptoms ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... Joint #Disorders #msk