DEAR DR. ROACH: My wife went blind in her left eye suddenly last October, and a biopsy showed temporal arteritis. She was started on high-dose prednisone, and after four weeks ...

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most frequent primary systemic vasculitis in adults, involving medium-to-large-sized ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Giant cell arteritis, also known as temporal arteritis, is a less common condition where people get inflammation of the arteries that go to the head and neck.

Giant cell arteritis of thyroid arteries. Thomas et al., 1974: 62 F. 123. Spontaneous remission of hyperthyroidism with steroids. Arend et al., 1993: 81 F. 11.5. 120. Thyroid biopsy with ...

The FINANCIAL — A new study on giant cell arteritis (GCA) confirms the frontline role doctors of optometry can play in diagnosing the disease. GCA occurs when the arteries in the head become ...

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Temporal artery ultrasound and EULAR score are reliable means for diagnosing giant cell arteritis, Mercy Bechtold, MD, said during her presentation at Kiawah Eye.

SEVILLE, Spain — In this Healio Video Perspective, Andrew G. Lee, MD, discusses whether temporal artery ultrasound can be used in place of temporal artery biopsy in the diagnosis of giant cell ...

Giant cell arteritis (GCA), also known as temporal arteritis, is an autoimmune disease of medium and large arteries, characterized by granulomatous inflammation of the three-layered vessel wall ...

She now complained of an episode of left-sided monocular blindness for 20 minutes on the day ... Although the described clinical symptoms are consistent with giant cell or temporal arteritis, ...