Duration of treatment after eye involvement in giant cell arteritis.

Duration of Treatment After Eye Involvement in Giant Cell Arteritis

Histopathologic Features of Giant Cell Arteritis in an Actinic Granuloma Lesion

The association between actinic granuloma and giant cell arteritis (temporal arteritis) has been claimed by some authors. There is a hypothesis that actinic radiation has the principal role in the etiology of both diseases in a similar way. Here, we report a case of actinic granuloma that had characteristic pathologic features of giant cell arteritis in histopathologic examination without clini...

Steroid management in giant cell arteritis.

AIM Ocular involvement in giant cell arteritis (GCA) is an ophthalmic emergency which, if untreated, can progress to permanent blindness. There is little evidence in the literature to support current protocols for the acute treatment of GCA with steroids. The authors sought to review the effects of intravenous and oral steroids in GCA. METHODS This retrospective study reviewed the records of ...

Necrosis of choroidal melanoma: in ciliary artery involvement with temporal arteritis.

A choroidal melanoma was clinically suspected in one eye of an 84-year-old farmer. At the time of the first examination the patient refused the studies necessary for a certain diagnosis as well as any treatment. Later, when the eye suddenly became blind and painful, it was enucleated. Pathological study revealed necrosis of all ocular contents, but the presence of a choroidal melanoma could sti...

Giant cell arteritis mimicking idiopathic orbital inflammatory disease.

PURPOSE To report an unusual presentation of giant cell arteritis, referred from primary care, mimicking orbital apex syndrome. CASE REPORT A 72 year old woman was referred with a two week history of pyrexia, dull right eye ache, 2mm of right proptosis, mild conjunctival chemosis and restriction of right eye movements. RESULTS An erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) was 90 and fluorescein a...