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Clinical Disease Characteristics and Suggested Algorithm for Diagnostic Evaluation of Patients With Symptoms of Polymyalgia Rheumatica

#Diagnosis
Patients With Symptoms ... #Rheumatology # ... Algorithm #GCA # ... Polymyalgia #Rheumatica #GiantCell ... #Temporal #Arteritis
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis

Dr. Ann Marie Kumfer @AnnKumfer

#GiantCell #Temporal #Arteritis #Diagnosis #Management #GCA #rheumatology
) Arteritis Dr ... @AnnKumfer #GiantCell ... #Temporal #Arteritis ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #GCA #rheumatology
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
Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) - Vasculitis Management Algorithm - ACR/VF 2021 Guidelines
 • Visual Symptoms/Loss or
Giant Cell Arteritis ... (GCA) - Vasculitis ... @MithuRheum #GiantCell ... #Arteritis #GCA ... #rheumatology
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Pathogenesis and investigations
Risk Factors:
 - Unclear environmental triggers (may be viral, not
expression - Age: GCA ... neurological findings #GiantCell ... #Temporal #Arteritis ... #Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #Signs
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 ... #Rheumatology # ... Ophthalmology #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
arteritis (GCA) ... GCA versus Temporal ... them, but urgent rheumatology ... #GiantCell #arteritis ... #GCA #Temporal
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
three primary pathophysiologic ... Complement: Post-strep GN ... , Lupus Nephritis ... #differential #diagnosis ... #algorithm #rheumatology
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): Musculoskeletal Manifestations

 • Immune Complex Deposition
    - Arthralgia, Arthritis
- Arthralgia, Arthritis ... Esp. humeral and femoral ... Complications #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms ... #diagnosis
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Presentation: Systemic Symptoms ... and Superficial temporal ... • Progressive symptoms ... #Rheumatology