Giant cell arteritis and magnetic resonance angiography
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Giant cell arteritis associated with rheumatoid arthritis monitored by magnetic resonance angiography.
A 57-year-old Japanese woman with well controlled rheumatoid arthritis visited our hospital with a severe bitemporal headache and marked fatigue. Based on the classification criteria by the American College of Rheumatology, she was diagnosed as having giant cell arteritis. Magnetic resonance (MR) angiography was performed, from which stenotic changes in the bilateral superficial temporal arteri...
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Giant cell arteritis (GCA), temporal arteritis or Horton’s arteritis, is a systemic vasculitis which involves large and medium sized vessels, especially the extracranial branches of the carotid arteries, in persons usually older than 50 years. Permanent visual loss, ischaemic strokes, and thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms are feared complications of GCA. The treatment consists of high dos...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arthritis & Rheumatism
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0004-3591,1529-0131
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199809)41:9<1702::aid-art24>3.0.co;2-h