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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 ... vision loss #Temporal ... GiantCell #Arteritis #Diagnosis
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Clinical findings and Complications
Signs/Symptoms: 
 - Headache (usually constant, superimposed by waves
Giant Cell (Temporal ... palpation - Temporal ... #GiantCell #Temporal ... Signs #Symptoms #diagnosis
Mesial Temporal Lobe Anatomy on MRI

Single slide practical anatomy overview of Mesial Temporal Lobe & connections
Mesial Temporal ... overview of Mesial Temporal ... Essential for temporal ... drSurjthVattoth #Mesial #temporal
Clinical Disease Characteristics and Suggested Algorithm for Diagnostic Evaluation of Patients With Symptoms of Polymyalgia Rheumatica

#Diagnosis
Algorithm for Diagnostic ... Rheumatica #Diagnosis ... Rheumatica #GiantCell #Temporal
Transducer location to evaluate the femoral vein and normal ultrasound images showing common femoral artery (A)
to evaluate the femoral ... showing common femoral ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... Vasc #POCUS #DVT #Femoral
Femoral Triangle - Inguinal Anatomy
 - Structures, Borders and Content
 - Lateral → Medial:Femoral Nerve, Femoral
Femoral Triangle ... Femoral Nerve, Femoral ... Artery, Femoral ... By @rev.med #Femoral
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Pathogenesis and investigations
Risk Factors:
 - Unclear environmental triggers (may be viral, not
Giant Cell (Temporal ... #GiantCell #Temporal ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... GCA versus Temporal ... w/differential diagnosis ... be confident of diagnosis ... Signs #Symptoms #Diagnosis
Headache Syndromes 
Sudden onset of pain - "Thunder clap" with any decreased mentation, any positive focal
Forehead and/or temporal ... pain - Tender temporal ... arteries • Temporal ... with tearing • Temporal ... Headache #Syndromes #diagnosis