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Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis

Dr. Ann Marie Kumfer @AnnKumfer

#GiantCell #Temporal #Arteritis #Diagnosis #Management #GCA #rheumatology
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Temporal (Giant cell) Arteritis 
Risk Factors:
 • Age (almost never occurs before age 50) 
Clinical:
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Temporal (Giant ... cell) Arteritis ... vision loss #Temporal ... #GiantCell #Arteritis
Suggested Treatment Algorithms for the Management of Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis

#Management #Algorithm #GCA #PMR
and Giant Cell Arteritis ... Rheumatica #GiantCell #Temporal ... #Arteritis #Steroid
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Clinical findings and Complications
Signs/Symptoms: 
 - Headache (usually constant, superimposed by waves
Giant Cell (Temporal ... ) Arteritis: Clinical ... palpation - Temporal ... #GiantCell #Temporal ... #Arteritis #Complications
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Pathogenesis and investigations
Risk Factors:
 - Unclear environmental triggers (may be viral, not
Giant Cell (Temporal ... ) Arteritis: Pathogenesis ... #GiantCell #Temporal ... #Arteritis #Pathophysiology
Clinical Disease Characteristics and Suggested Algorithm for Diagnostic Evaluation of Patients With Symptoms of Polymyalgia Rheumatica

#Diagnosis
Rheumatica #GiantCell #Temporal ... #Arteritis
Headache Syndromes 
Sudden onset of pain - "Thunder clap" with any decreased mentation, any positive focal
Forehead and/or temporal ... pain - Tender temporal ... arteries • Temporal ... arteritis Periorbital ... arteritis or acute
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
axillary, vertebral, temporal ... GCA versus Temporal ... hand, classic temporal ... Role of temporal ... #GCA #Temporal
Unilateral Acute Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Painful - Cornea
 • Keratopathy
Painful - No Abnormalities of
Optic Nerve • Temporal ... Arteritis • Demyelination
Transducer location to evaluate the femoral vein and normal ultrasound images showing common femoral artery (A)
to evaluate the femoral ... vein and normal ultrasound ... showing common femoral ... Vasc #POCUS #DVT #Femoral