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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 ... Constitutional symptoms ... #GiantCell #Arteritis ... #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Clinical Disease Characteristics and Suggested Algorithm for Diagnostic Evaluation of Patients With Symptoms of Polymyalgia Rheumatica

#Diagnosis
Algorithm for Diagnostic ... Patients With Symptoms ... #Rheumatology # ... Polymyalgia #Rheumatica #GiantCell ... #Temporal #Arteritis
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Clinical findings and Complications
Signs/Symptoms: 
 - Headache (usually constant, superimposed by waves
) Arteritis: Clinical ... superimposed by waves ... Hemorrhages #GiantCell ... #Temporal #Arteritis ... #Symptoms #diagnosis
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Pathogenesis and investigations
Risk Factors:
 - Unclear environmental triggers (may be viral, not
) Arteritis: Pathogenesis ... neurological findings #GiantCell ... #Temporal #Arteritis ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Giant cell arteritis ... ) Giant cell arteritis ... Arteritis: Often ... #GiantCell #arteritis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
of giant cell arteritis ... ESR and/or CRP Temporal ... Doppler US : halo sign ... GiantCellArteritis #GCA #Rheumatology ... Ophthalmology #Diagnosis
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
MCP and PIP Involvement, Spares DIP, Carpal Tunnel, Sicca Syndrome, Epi/Scleritis, Heart Disease, Rheumatoid
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... #Rheumatoid #Arthritis ... #RA #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #signs ... #symptoms
Non-articular manifestations of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

#Diagnosis #Rheumatology #Rheumatoid #Arthritis #RA #Manifestations #NonArticular #Symptoms #Signs
of Rheumatoid Arthritis ... (RA) #Diagnosis ... #Rheumatology # ... Rheumatoid #Arthritis ... #Signs
Classification and Clinical Features of JIA (Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis)

#Juvenile #Idiopathic #Arthritis #JIA #diagnosis #rheumatology #signs #symptoms
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis ... Juvenile #Idiopathic #Arthritis ... #JIA #diagnosis ... #rheumatology # ... signs #symptoms