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Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Pathogenesis and investigations
Risk Factors:
 - Unclear environmental triggers (may be viral, not
) Arteritis: Pathogenesis ... old; F>M Signs/Symptoms ... GiantCell #Temporal #Arteritis ... #Pathophysiology ... Diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms
Temporal (Giant cell) Arteritis 
Risk Factors:
 • Age (almost never occurs before age 50) 
Clinical:
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Temporal (Giant ... cell) Arteritis ... Constitutional symptoms ... Temporal #GiantCell #Arteritis
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
, Salmonella), Giant ... Cell Arteritis, ... Takayasu Arteritis ... , Psoriatic Arthritis ... Diagnosis #Causes #cardiology
Causes of Diffuse Lung Disease. 
Collagen vascular 
 - Scleroderma 
 - Rheumatoid arthritis 
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- Rheumatoid arthritis ... Churg-Strauss syndrome - Giant ... cell arteritis ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Clinical findings and Complications
Signs/Symptoms: 
 - Headache (usually constant, superimposed by waves
Giant Cell (Temporal ... ) Arteritis: Clinical ... Complications Signs/Symptoms ... Stroke or TIA-like symptoms ... GiantCell #Temporal #Arteritis
Highlighted Conditions With Arteritis or Periarteritis of the Coronaries
Takayasu's arteritis:
 - Onset < 40 yrs
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Conditions With Arteritis ... Asymmetric pulse/BP Giant ... cell arteritis: ... yrs - Cranial symptoms ... Differential #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Cardiogenic Shock: Pathogenesis, complications and clinical findings

#Cardiogenic #Shock #pathophysiology #cardiology #diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Cardiogenic #Shock #pathophysiology ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
Recognition of giant ... cell arteritis ... posterior ciliary arteries ... • Cephalic symptoms ... Constitutional symptoms
Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
hypertension) - Symptoms ... Inflammatory diseases: Giant ... cell arteritis, ... Takayasu arteritis
Primary Sjogren’s Syndrome: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
• Primary Sjögren's is a solitary process whereas secondary Sjögren's
like rheumatoid arthritis ... (SLE) Signs / Symptoms ... infiltration -> Increased gland ... Sjogrens #Syndrome #Pathophysiology ... Diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms