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Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) - Vasculitis Management Algorithm - ACR/VF 2021 Guidelines
 • Visual Symptoms/Loss or
Giant Cell Arteritis ... (GCA) - Vasculitis ... Management Algorithm ... Without Visual Symptoms ... #GCA #Vasculitis
Vasculitis Management - ACR/VF 2021 Guidelines for Treatment & Management
 • Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA)
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Vasculitis Management ... • Giant Cell Arteritis ... (GCA) • Takayasu's ... arteritis (TAK) ... ACR2021 #Guidelines #algorithm
2021 ACR/VF Guidelines for Management of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA)

#GiantCell #Arteritis #GCA #ACR2021 #Management #rheumatology #algorithm
of Giant Cell Arteritis ... (GCA) #GiantCell ... #Arteritis #GCA ... #rheumatology #algorithm ... #vasculitis
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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often involved • Hypocomplementemic ... Urticaria and hypocomplementemia ... and branches • GCA ... Presentation - Systemic Symptoms ... against MPO • Complement
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Pathogenesis and investigations
Risk Factors:
 - Unclear environmental triggers (may be viral, not
Cell (Temporal) Arteritis ... expression - Age: GCA ... old; F>M Signs/Symptoms ... palpation - Vasculitic ... #Vasculitis
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
of giant cell arteritis ... (GCA) 1) Is ... posterior ciliary arteries ... of GCA? ... Ophthalmology #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Presentation: Systemic Symptoms ... Elevated ESR and CRP GCA ... develop in pts with GCA ... • Progressive symptoms ... ) • Hypocomplementemic
Clinical Disease Characteristics and Suggested Algorithm for Diagnostic Evaluation of Patients With Symptoms of Polymyalgia Rheumatica

#Diagnosis
and Suggested Algorithm ... Patients With Symptoms ... #Rheumatology #Algorithm ... #GCA #PMR #Polymyalgia ... GiantCell #Temporal #Arteritis
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
staining): • Low Complement ... Idiopathic • Normal Complement ... ANCA (C-ANCA): GPA ... Glomerulonephritis #Vasculitis ... differential #diagnosis #algorithm
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
arteritis (GCA) ... systemic inflammatory vasculitis ... differential diagnosis = vasculitis ... absence of visual symptoms ... #Signs #Symptoms