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Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Clinical findings and Complications
Signs/Symptoms: 
 - Headache (usually constant, superimposed by waves
Giant Cell (Temporal ... Complications Signs/Symptoms ... palpation - Temporal ... #GiantCell #Temporal ... #diagnosis #Vasculitis
Temporal (Giant cell) Arteritis 
Risk Factors:
 • Age (almost never occurs before age 50) 
Clinical:
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Temporal (Giant ... Constitutional symptoms ... vision loss #Temporal ... GiantCell #Arteritis #Diagnosis
Clinical Disease Characteristics and Suggested Algorithm for Diagnostic Evaluation of Patients With Symptoms of Polymyalgia Rheumatica

#Diagnosis
Algorithm for Diagnostic ... Patients With Symptoms ... Rheumatica #Diagnosis ... Rheumatica #GiantCell #Temporal
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Pathogenesis and investigations
Risk Factors:
 - Unclear environmental triggers (may be viral, not
Giant Cell (Temporal ... old; F>M Signs/Symptoms ... #GiantCell #Temporal ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Headache Syndromes 
Sudden onset of pain - "Thunder clap" with any decreased mentation, any positive focal
with stroke-like symptoms ... pain - Tender temporal ... arteries • Temporal ... Headache #Syndromes #diagnosis ... #symptoms
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Neurological deficits • Temporal ... ) • Systemic symptoms ... meningitis) • Temporal ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... w/differential diagnosis ... absence of visual symptoms ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Management
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
- Differential Diagnosis ... vomiting, auditory symptoms ... Otitis Media • Temporal ... Imbalance, neurologic symptoms ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Problem Representation

An evolving summary of a patient’s clinical presentation that strives to identify 
(1) Clinical syndrome
syndrome (signs/symptoms ... demographics), and (3) Temporal ... pattern to maximize diagnostic ... Representation #diagnosis
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
2) Typical symptoms ... • Cephalic symptoms ... Constitutional symptoms ... ESR and/or CRP Temporal ... Ophthalmology #Diagnosis