Patients with predominantly cranial vs isolated extracranial GCA phenotypes present with different patterns of arterial involvement on 18F-FDG PET-CT scans.

A recent study found that combined tocilizumab and glucocorticoid therapy for at least 6 months did not fully eliminate ...

Temporal artery biopsy is the gold standard for diagnosis of GCA and is desirable in all cases. Other tests being used as surrogate imaging are: ultrasonography, fluorodeoxyglucose PET (FDG-PET ...

Mortality rates among patients with GCA in Spain are similar to that of the general population, with older age and male sex linked to higher mortality.

Methods This phase 2, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial enrolled patients with biopsy-confirmed or imaging-confirmed giant cell arteritis in 50 centres (North America, Europe, Australia). Active ...

Temporal artery biopsy confirmed GCA. PET-CT scan revealed LVV in the right axillary artery and thoracic aorta. GC treatment was started (prednisolone 60 mg) with improvement of CRP from 155 to 13 but ...

This caveat recognised the highly technical nature of GCA ultrasound (US), and anecdotally scepticism ... the clinical diagnosis at 6 months (Dx at 6 months) and Temporal Artery Biopsy (TAB) ...

A Duplex examination of his temporal arteries showed a characteristic halo on both sides, and treatment was initiated immediately, 2 days before the biopsy. The diagnosis of temporal arteritis was ...

Each biopsy was split into three parts ... TaqMan primer sets for SNPs were: TTC AGA GCA ACT TCA GGA GCTT (forward primer); GCC AGT GGG ACA GGA AAGG (Reverse Primer). The PCR was performed in a cycler ...