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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
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
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
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 ... Doppler US : halo sign ... #Rheumatology # ... Ophthalmology #Diagnosis
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 #Symptoms
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Clinical findings and Complications
Signs/Symptoms: 
 - Headache (usually constant, superimposed by waves
) Arteritis: Clinical ... Complications Signs ... Hemorrhages #GiantCell ... #Temporal #Arteritis ... #Symptoms #diagnosis
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
arteritis (GCA) ... GCA versus Temporal ... #GiantCell #arteritis ... #GCA #Temporal ... #Signs #Symptoms
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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- Differential Diagnosis ... and Superficial temporal ... Presentation - Systemic Symptoms ... purpura: strong sign ... #rheumatology #
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

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